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Slideshow: Onboard The HMS Lancaster Ship
Making her first stop since leaving the UK, the Royal Navy’s HMS Lancaster is presently visiting Bermuda, and opened up her upper deck to members of the public this afternoon [June 8]. The ship forms part of the North Atlantic Patrol Taskforce which will provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief support to the British Overseas Territories and... Read more of this article
UK Navy Ship HMS Lancaster Arrives In Hamilton
The HMS Lancaster, a Type 23 frigate from the UK Royal Navy, arrived in Bermuda today [June 7]. The ship is berthed in Hamilton and the public will have the opportunity to see the upper deck of the HMS Lancaster on Saturday 8 June between 1pm – 6pm. The crew will meet the Governor and attend the Bermuda Regiment Change of Command parade. They... Read more of this article
Royal Navy Ship HMS Lancaster To Visit Island
Government House advised today that the HMS Lancaster, a Type 23 frigate from the UK Royal Navy, will be visiting Bermuda from 7 June. She will join RFA Wave Knight, which came to Bermuda in January, to form part of the North Atlantic Patrol Taskforce which will provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief support to the British Overseas Territories... Read more of this article
1926 Bermuda Hurricane Sank UK Warship
It remains one of the worst peacetime disasters in the Royal Navy’s history, the loss of HMS “Valerian” just a few miles off Bermuda during the catastrophic 1926 hurricane season. Launched in 1916 and used for minesweeping and patrol duties, the “Valerian” was returning to Bermuda in October, 1926 after assisting in hurricane... Read more of this article
Wave Knight Captain Meets With Minister Dunkley
Captain Ross Ferris of the visiting RFA Wave Knight called on Minister of Public Safety Michael H. Dunkley today [Jan 23]. He briefed the Minister on the vessel’s capabilities and prefaced a presentation to the EMO Executive set for tomorrow afternoon. RFA Wave Knight is in Bermuda until Friday en route to the Caribbean to assume duties in support... Read more of this article
UK Naval Support Ship To Call On Bermuda
The Naval Support Ship RFA Wave Knight will arrive in Bermuda tomorrow [Jan 22] for a 5 day visit. Bermuda will be her first port of call since leaving the UK and taking up her tasking as Atlantic Patrol Tasking [North], a year round commitment to the region in support of Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief [HADR]. During Wave Knight’s visit... Read more of this article
EMO Tour Royal Navy Ship In Dockyard
Governor Mr. George Fergusson and Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief were accompanied by members of the Emergency Measures Organization’s [EMO] Executive on Monday [July 9] on a tour of RFA Argus, which is berthed in Dockyard as she prepares for a summer/fall deployment in this Region in support of UK Overseas Territories. RFA Argus is... Read more of this article
Two British Navy Ships To Visit Bermuda
Two British Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, Argus and Fort Rosalie, will visit Bermuda on Sunday 8 July. This will be the first port of call during this deployment for RFA Argus and the final stop before heading back to the UK for Fort Rosalie. Both vessels are part of the North Atlantic Patrol Taskforce which will provide Humanitarian aid and Disaster... Read more of this article
1777: The US Navy & The Battle Of Wreck Hill
On August 14, 1775, a group of Bermudians led by Colonel Henry Tucker collaborated with Benjamin Franklin and other patriots in the rebellious American colonies, coordinating the audacious theft of gunpowder from the British Magazine in St. George’s which was then shipped to George Washington’s Continental Army. In the immediate aftermath... Read more of this article
Backing For Bermudian’s War Grave Call
On this Remembrance Day weekend, Bermuda National Museum director Dr. Edward Harris urged locals to spare a thought for William Edmund Smith — the first Bermudian casualty of World War One [1914-1918]. The Somerset man — who had worked at the Royal Naval Dockyard in Sandys Parish — left Bermuda to go to sea in 1912. He was serving... Read more of this article
Mystery Of Sub Lost After Leaving Bermuda
The giant Free French submarine “Surcouf” — which vanished after leaving Bermuda during World War Two [1939-45] and has long been the subject of controversy and conspiracy theories — is the subject of a lengthy report in the latest issue of a Nova Scotian naval journal. “Bosun’s Call”, the Nova Scotia Naval... Read more of this article
British Warship ‘HMS York’ Stops By Bermuda
The HMS York will pay a short visit to Bermuda, from today [June 22] through Friday, on her way back to the U.K. having completed her current deployment. A spokesperson said, “HMS York is on the last leg of her five-month deployment to the southern oceans after passing through the world’s greatest manmade waterway.” “After the... Read more of this article
