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We have come a long way so far on this #CSG21 deployment. 🌍🌏
...25,603 nautical miles in fact!
That's a lot of sea days since leaving @HMNBPortsmouth in May... 🧭 🌊
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Rainbows on the aft-island! 🚦🌈
This unique light show on the flight deck marks a series of inclusion events held this week as part of Deployment #Pride. @RNCompass @RoyalNavy 📸
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Sun, sea, ships! 📸👋
Today we met JS Ise and JS Asahi and the USS America and USS New Orleans, along with our #CSG21 escorts 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇳🇱
Great to be working with @JMSDF_PAO @jmsdf_pao_eng @USNavy @USMC
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A ceremonial 'cheer ship' to mark the steam past of JS Ise & JS Asahi after Ex Noble Union. 🎉 #CSG21
We will be working with the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force again soon! 🇯🇵🗾
@jmsdf_pao_eng @JMSDF_PAO @RoyalNavy @UKinJapan @JuliaLongbottom
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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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Hello! 🇰🇷 🇬🇧 👋🌏
안녕하세요, 한국!
@UKinKorea @SimonSmithFCDO @ROK_Navy
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UH-60 Blackhawks on deck! 🚁
Flying in from #Busan Naval Base, great to work with @ROK_Navy. ⚓ 🇰🇷 🇬🇧
#CSG21 @UKinKorea @RoyalNavy
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Capt Essenhigh RN, CO of QNLZ, hosts the @ROK_Navy and @RoyalNavy Fleet Commander @VAdmJerryKyd with @smrmoorhouse on #CSG21.🤝
This completes 3 days of at-sea Defence Engagement near #Busan, Republic Of Korea 🇰🇷 🇬🇧
@UKinKorea @ROK_MND
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Good bye! 안녕
Thank you! 감사 해요
Good to work with the Republic of Korea 🇰🇷
@ROK_Navy @ROK_MND @RoyalNavy @UKinKorea @USMC @USNavy #CSG21 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇰🇷
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Strike fighters with the strike carrier! ⚡💫 #CSG21
Striking phot too 📸 @PACAF
@SenNatRepQNLZ
Good to see F-35Bs from ship with allies!
@USMC @RoyalNavy @US7thFleet
@RoyalAirForce #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific 🌏
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Hello to Her Majesty's Ambassador to Japan! 🇯🇵 🇬🇧 We have arrived! 🗾 @FCDOGovUK @RoyalNavy #CSG21 twitter.com/JuliaLongbotto…
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Here are some photos from our arrival into Japan. 📷 🇯🇵
We were welcomed into #Yokosuka by @JMSDF_PAO JS Ise, JS Onami + JCG Asitaka, and our sailors lined the decks in ceremonial display as the ship's band played! 🎶🎺
@RoyalNavy #CSG21 @UKinJapan
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Battle of the bands! 🎵🎷🎹
Thanks to the @US7thFleet band, we've just seen the photos of them playing us in. Did you play the #TopGun theme? We should team up! 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇬🇧
#CSG21 @CNFJ @US7thFlt @TopGunMovie_jp @TopGunMovie twitter.com/CNFJ/status/14…
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A big day of Defence Engagement!
🤝🌏
We were glad to welcome Defence Minister @KishiNobuo and senior officers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces to our ship along with HM Ambassador @JuliaLongbottom 🇬🇧 🇯🇵
@ModJapan_jp @ModJapan_en #CSG21
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Goodbye! 🇯🇵 さようなら
A good visit and good views on the sail out! 🏙️
We have set sail but are still working with Japan and the US in training Exercise Pacific Crown.
@jmsdf_pao_eng @JASDF_PAO #CSG21 #Yokosuka
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Thank you for your questions! ありがとうございました 🎌
Watch as we answer questions from children in Japan 👀
In this 'virtual reception' we tell them all about life on board our ship.
@tradegovuk @tradegovukEvent @UKinJapan @RoyalNavy #CSG21 @FLEACT_Yokosuka @JuliaLongbottom
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Some great aerial views of our ship taken by @JMSDF_PAO @jmsdf_pao_eng part of Ex Pacific Crown along with JS Ise and JS Izumo. #CSG21 twitter.com/JMSDF_PAO/stat…
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We also received support from @RNRMC who kindly enabled gift bags for the ship. Thank you!
1500 "gizzet" bags to provide a souvenir of Japan for every soul on board: magnets, postcards, snacks, art. 🗾🎫🧩🧸
It took a well-oiled factory line to make up all the gift bags! 💪
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After leaving Japan we joined Ex Pacific Crown.
Ships from #CSG21 @JMSDF_PAO & @RoyalCanNavy have been working together, proving interoperabilty. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇯🇵 🇨🇦
We finished lining up for a ceremonial cheer ship with @HMCSWinnipeg as we waved bye to JS Ise and JS Izumo. 👋
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It has been great to work with Japan, a nation with so much naval heritage. ⚓
See below for parallels between 2 great Admirals 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 #CSG21
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The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧