Friday, May 16, 2014

HMS Protector has made a night-time journey through the Panama Canal

HMS_Protector_in_the_Panama_Canal

 The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector has made a night-time
journey through the Panama Canal to Charleston in South Carolina
following a busy period in Antarctica. The ship took 7 hours and 38
minutes to make the 48-mile passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
The 18-metre-wide vessel travelled at an average speed of 7 knots
through the canal, which at its narrowest point measures 30 metres. The
picture shows the view from the bridge of HMS Protector. [Picture:
Leading Airman (Photographer) Jay Allen, Crown copyright]

 HMS_Protector_in_the_Panama_Canal

Friday, May 9, 2014

HMS Dragon with Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

HMS_Dragon_with_Russian_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov

HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer and one of the Royal Navy's most
technically advanced warships, tracked and met up with a Russian task
group off the coast of Brest as they entered the English Channel on
Wednesday to sail north. Dragon, maintained at high-readiness for UK
home waters as the Royal Navy's fleet ready escort, was able to pinpoint
and monitor the movement of the 7-strong group, led by Russian aircraft
carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as it approached the UK. The picture shows
HMS Dragon in front of the Admiral Kuznetsov. [Picture: Crown copyright]
 HMS_Dragon_with_Russian_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov

HMS_Dragon_with_Russian_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov

HMS_Dragon_with_Russian_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov

HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer and one of the Royal Navy's most
technically advanced warships, tracked and met up with a Russian task
group off the coast of Brest as they entered the English Channel on
Wednesday to sail north. Dragon, maintained at high-readiness for UK
home waters as the Royal Navy's fleet ready escort, was able to pinpoint
and monitor the movement of the 7-strong group, led by Russian aircraft
carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as it approached the UK. The picture shows
HMS Dragon in front of the Admiral Kuznetsov. [Picture: Crown copyright]

 HMS_Dragon_with_Russian_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov