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Welcome to the Royal Naval Association Number 10 Area web site. Number 10 area is the largest of the RNA areas, and stretches from Whitehaven to Crewe, across the sea to the Isle of Man and across the border into North Wales.
This web site will be a place to check out the latest news from around the area and beyond, to link to other sites and to find out information about the committee and branches. There is also a photo gallery where you can share all your pictures. Comrades and shipmates who have crossed the bar will also be remembered. The minutes of the area committee will be available on the site. We also have a comprehensive collection of official papers from the National Archives and other sources released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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14.03.06
The new Type 45 warships, built by BAE Systems Plc and VT Group Plc, may not be ready to join the Royal Navy until next year because of hitches with weaponry and a lack of sailors trained to crew the vessels.
HMS Daring, the first of six destroyers, may miss its scheduled service entry in December, the National Audit Office said in a report published on 13.03.09. The ship is already three years late after cost overruns prompted a review of the budgetThe Navy will be left struggling to keep in service the existing Type 42 destroyers that were designed and built for the Cold War
While the Ministry of Defence always planned to arm the fleet in stages, there are potential problems with the integration of the Sea Viper anti-air missile system, the report said. The main role of the new destroyers is to defend Royal Navy ships against enemy aircraft and missiles. All six vessels had been due to enter service by 2013.
"The fleet of Type 45s will not have their full capability until the middle of the next decade, when other important pieces of kit are fitted," Edward Leigh, chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, said in a letter accompanying the report. "In the meantime, the Navy will be left struggling to keep in service the existing Type 42 destroyers that were designed and built for the Cold War."
he MoD said in a statement that key milestones on the project, including sea trials, were actually met ahead of schedule and that four of the ships are now in the water.
Sea Viper has been tested on firing ranges from a barge off the southern coast of France, though not on the Daring itself. The system won’t be operational on the destroyer until 2011. Other equipment yet to be installed includes the Skynet 5 and Bowman communications systems.
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07.03.09
Brocklesby finds WW2 bomb.
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HMS Brocklesby, a British Mine Counter Measures Vessel has successfully detected and marked the position of an air dropped bomb, with its parachute still attached in deep waters near to Sardinia using its highly sophisticated Sea Fox Mine disposal system.
HMS Brocklesby is currently taking part in a major NATO Maritime Exercise called “Loyal Mariner 2009” (LMR09) in Italian territorial waters. Working together for the first time with two NATO Mine Countermeasures Forces SNMCMG 1 and SNMCMG 2, the two Mine hunting Groups are part of a much larger combined NATO Task Force of 30 maritime units from 15 nations which is testing maritime battle staffs embarked at sea between 2 - 12 March.
Loyal Mariner 09 requires the Commander of the large maritime force to conduct military intervention in a fictitious crisis scenario under an International UN mandate around the fictitious island of “Sardros”, in reality the operating area is Sardinia and Italian territorial waters and airspace
17.02.09
HMS Vanguard collides with French SSBN
A Royal Navy nuclear submarine and a French vessel have been damaged in a collision deep below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant, which were carrying nuclear missiles on routine patrols, are reported to have collided while submerged on 3 or 4 February. Between them they had about 250 sailors on board.
The Ministry of Defence initially refused to confirm the incident, saying it was not policy to comment on submarine operations. On Monday (16.02.09) the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, issued a statement saying the two vessels hit each other while travelling at very low speeds and no one was injured.
"We can confirm that the capability remained unaffected and there has been no compromise to nuclear safety," he said. The MoD said the Vanguard returned to its base in Faslane, Scotland, with only "scrapes".
28.01.09
Royal Navy's newest warship arrives at her Portsmouth home.
HMS Daring, the first of the new Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers, entered Portsmouth and berthed for the first time in her home port witnessed by hundreds of well-wishers.
The occasion marks a major milestone in the programme's development. The six Type 45 destroyers, of which HMS Daring is the first of class, will form the backbone of the Royal Navy's Air Defence capability for the 21st Century.
Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, said:
"HMS Daring is one of the most advanced ships ever built and along with the five other Type 45s will be one of the essential pillars of the Royal Navy in the 21st Century. The newly named "Sea Viper", a world-leading missile system will allow the ship to detect her prey, target it and issue a deadly strike. Today is a special day for the Royal Navy, the city of Portsmouth and her Dockyard, the crew of HMS Daring and all those involved in building her as one of the most powerful warships in the world enters her home port for the first time. It is with great pride that I have been able to witness the first arrival of HMS Daring into Portsmouth today."
21.01.09
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