Courtesy of Maritime News 26 Jan 24 Fort Victoria will not participate in STDE24 as had previously been hoped and she is officially now “in refit until Autumn 2024” and she is still expected to support the 2025 deployment. She has been laid up and handed to the care of Cammell Laird and has […]
Courtesy of Maritime News Former First Sea Lord calls for the roles to be scrapped as the service faces personnel shortfalls and missed targets The Royal Navy is redeploying marines and sailors to become diversity and inclusion officers to enhance the “lived experience” of personnel amid ongoing recruitment challenges in manning its ships. Three internal […]
Courtesy of Maritime News 26 Jan 24 In 2020 we wrote a piece asking if the UK was getting “a pale imitation of Carrier Strike?” Three years on, we look again at whether the carriers are truly ready to be deployed on meaningful operations. Strategic choice A recent media report claiming that the carriers could […]
