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Happy Birthday Your Majesty.
We are extremely proud to fly the White Ensign around the world for you this year.
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few", Winston Churchill.
A collaborative effort between the @RoyalNavy and the @RoyalAirForce, a partnership which continues to this very day with @OC617Sqn.
#BattleOfBritain #BattleofBritainDay
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21 days at sea:
6 fast jet pilots qualified✅
@OC207Sqn instructors qualified✅
3 Merlin pilots qualified✅
824NAS inducted✅
Hosted SofS @BWallaceMP and Chief of the Defence Staff✅
Prepared for @FOST✅
Survived #StormCiara🌊
First night entry to cap it 🌙
®️0️⃣8️⃣ 💪🏻🇬🇧⚓
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After a successful @BAES_Maritime short maintenance period it is great to again stretch our sea legs.
A brief period to get back into the swing of things before a mounting period back alongside @HMNBPortsmouth.
Then, Game Time 🇺🇳⚡🇬🇧⚡🇺🇸
#Groupex #JW202
📸 @PortsmouthProud
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67 years ago our Lady Sponsor, Her Majesty The Queen, assended the throne.
Normally we would 'Dress Ship' to mark the occasion.
Today, as we are at Sea, and conducting Gunnery, we give an alternative Gun Salute in lieu.
#GodSaveTheQueen🇬🇧 #CoronationDay @RoyalFamily
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Great to be back up in our first sailing ground in the Moray Firth #Scotland
Much water has passed under our keel since but still, stories of #Invergordon are heard in our passageways - the only town to have had both UK carriers visit and itself steeped in @RoyalNavy history.
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Our first line is secure, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH is now alongside Mayport Florida; and what better way to announce our arrival than with a nod to our Lady Sponsor performed splendidly by the @RMBandService #GodSaveTheQueen #GreatBritain #Westlant18
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If on land, we would have received a noise abatement order by now.
Our deck is positively bustling 24hrs a day with 🇬🇧 fixed and rotary wing flying.
Last night we squeezed in @27_Sqn @RoyalAirForce Chinooks to re-qualify their pilots on the UK #StrikeCarrier.
#WokkaWokka
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An impressive sight captured from the air today 🚁 as two Fleet Flag Ships sailed side-by-side. Shabab Oman II and HMS Queen Elizabeth 🇴🇲 🇬🇧
@MG_MOD_OMAN
#CSG21
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#BigDeckFastJets
Check out the F35-B in action onboard 🇬🇧 biggest and most technologically advanced Warship.... ever!
Video: @LockheedMartin
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Our sincere condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family.
Our Lord High Admiral, we are proud and honoured to have served you. twitter.com/RoyalNavy/stat…
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New York, New York! 🗽
We’ve arrived in the Big Apple for the 5th @FutureAtlantic forum.
In a few days’ time we’ll welcome 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 political, military and business leaders onboard to address some of the challenging questions of our time.
#AFF22
➡️ royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-lates…
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#commandomerlin has landed! 3 Merlin Mk4 from 845 NAS @RNASYeovilton are now on deck ready for @42_commando insertion training and deck quals. @CO845NAS said they were beasts, we have to agree; they are an impressive sight and bring another angle to our capability. #Westlant18
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Possibly the most photographed man on our deck - Flight Deck Officer (FDO), Lt Cdr Richie Turrell busts more moves launching a @USMC F-35. If you want to ask Richie a deck-related question, please post below. He will answer as many as he can over the coming few days #WESTLANT19
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We are currently off beautiful Weymouth Bay, onloading family under the PACAS scheme - Parents & Children at Sea. This gives our loved ones the unique chance to sail into port with us tomorrow #WESTLANT19 #itsafamilyaffair
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15 #F35 fighter jets, 8 #Merlin helicopters and, eh, 1 #Sparrowhawk.
An upgrade from pigeons at least - we must be looking meaner from the air.
So, over to you; what shall we name our new addition? 💬your suggestions 👇
#SparrowhawkSaturday
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We suddenly have a lot of people wearing these roaming the decks (mostly looking a bit lost....) what could this possibly mean??? #WESTLANT19 #UKF35 #bigdecksfastjets @OC617Sqn @RAF_Marham @17SqnRAF
⚡️ is forecast.......
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Today and tomorrow will see sailors and marines leave family homes where most will not return for months.
You won't notice them, no fanfare or outpouring of emotion will attract your attention.
It is what it is, and we do what we do.
#AsOne #family #Westlant19
#LetsGo
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Fast, powerful and technologically advanced; yet so aesthetically pleasing.
Still a fearful sight for our enemies though, and rightfully so. Under the white sheeting our first phalanx of three is being fitted.
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#CSG21 🇬🇧🇯🇵🇺🇸🇳🇱
Some nice aerial views from Ex Noble Union earlier this week!
@USMC @USNavy @jmsdf_pao_eng ⚓ twitter.com/RoyalNavy/stat…
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Couple of aerials of us leaving yesterday thanks to @ShaunRoster What a fantastic send off for #Westlant18 and #F35ondeck
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We ‘crossed the line’!
In true Naval tradition, nearly 1000 sailors were welcomed into Neptune’s Kingdom 🌊 👑 🧜♀️ 🐻
🥇This was the first time the ceremony has taken place onboard HMS QNLZ
HMS QNLZ has now operated in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres 🗺 🧭
#CSG21
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧