Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS TAMAR, one of the Royal Navy’s most modern ships, has visited the Solomon Islands. An OPV permanently deployed to support the countries of the Pacific region through UK defence engagement, this will be HMS Tamar’s inaugural visit to the Solomon Islands after her sister ship, ...
A new minehunting ‘mothership’ and its drone companions, have been trialled together for the first time. In a milestone first for the Royal Navy, the ship and autonomous vessels worked together in an exercise to test the effectiveness of this combination and ability of the mothership – RFA Stirling Castle, to ...
Northeast-based UK Docks Marine Services has won one of two new support contracts, for the Royal Navy’s versatile Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The eight-year contract worth around £250M will support the second batch of OPVs – HMS Forth, HMS Medway, HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey. The contract creates more than ...
SEA has secured a five-year contract with the MOD which will see them provide in-service support to the Combat System Highway (CSH) on Royal Navy ships. The contract includes a wide range of in-service support for Royal Navy surface ships and shore-based facilities, including performance monitoring, ongoing technical refresh, and obsolescence ...