HMS Northumberland
@HMSNORT
The official X feed for the ninth Type 23 frigate of the @RoyalNavy: built on the Tyne, now in refit in Plymouth, preparing to return to the front-line 🇬🇧⚓️🫡
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http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/northumberland 25-07-2017 09:30:25
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Here’s another turtley awesome update… This week we’re with HMS Dauntless during some downtime in the USA after the first phase of the ship's Caribbean patrol. We also bring you news on training for Ukraine’s Marines and HMS Northumberland's recent patrols.
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Aircrew and engineers from 814 Naval Air Squadron #814NAS #TheFlyingTigers returned home at the weekend after 4 months in the North Atlantic in HMS Northumberland HMS Northumberland. Mohawk Flight flew more than 160 hours anti-submarine warfare sorties #MerlinHelicopterForce
HMNB Devonport welcomes home HMS Northumberland after spending time on patrol in the North Atlantic. BZ Royal Navy
#WelcomeHome HMS Northumberland 🥳Honoured to meet the #Amazing ship’s company and hear about their great work on operations working with allies and partners to #protect the U.K. #ThankYou to you, your family and friends for everything you do. #Enjoy the homecoming Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 Royal Navy
After four months deployed on operations from the Arctic Circle to the Baltic Sea HMS Northumberland returns home to Plymouth for some well earned R+R, welcomed by our families, friends and Rear Admiral Jude Terry 🥳 #FearNORT #Homecoming
HMS Northumberland and her embarked Merlin Mk2 have been practicing helicopter winching; an important skill to provide assistance to other mariners or CASEVAC an injured shipmate if the need arises. #FearNORT #AlwaysReady
HMS Northumberland has proved her new .50 calibre Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) as ready for use ✅ from both sea and air - as our embarked Merlin Mk2 helicopter got in on the action too 💥🇬🇧⚓️ #FearNORT #GunneryIsFunnery #ReadyForAnything
HMS Northumberland returned to the Arctic Circle leading a multi-national taskgroup alongside our close allies Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret’s HNoMS OTTO SVERDRUP, U.S. Navy’s USS THOMAS HUDNER and sustained by Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker RFA Tideforce 🇳🇴🇺🇸🇬🇧 #FearNORT #StrongerTogether
Last week, HMS Northumberland held a pride event on board. Comprising of flight deck sports, BBQ, quiz and karaoke!
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HMS Northumberland has spent the last month operating in the High North with our Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret and U.S. Navy allies. Alongside RFA Tideforce & HMS Defender we integrated into the USS GERALD R FORD Carrier Strike Group in Norwegian Waters, reinforcing our interoperability 🇳🇴🇬🇧🇺🇸 #FearNORT
Can you guess where HMS Northumberland has just been been operating over the last month… 🔵👃 #FearNORT #WatchThisSpace
World-class protection for the world's largest ever warship.
The #RoyalNavy 's HMS Northumberland, HMS Defender and RFA Tideforce protected supercarrier USS Gerald R Ford (@Warship_78) from missile and air 'attacks' alongside NATO allies during an Arctic mission.
#StrongerTogether
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‘Gratulerer med dagen’ to our Norwegian allies 🇳🇴 HMS Northumberland has always enjoyed operating with our friends from the Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret. We wish you all the very best on your Constitution Day and look forward to working alongside you again very soon 🎉 #FearNORT #SyttendeMai British Embassy Oslo 🇬🇧🇳🇴
While alongside in Iceland, Reykjavik Raiders RFC hosted our very own Rugby Union team for a friendly fixture. Despite tough opposition, HMS Northumberland came out on top sealing the win 20-10 and avenging HMS Somerset’s defeat in 2018🏉 #FearNORT UK in Iceland 🇬🇧🇮🇸 NAVYfit Royal Navy Rugby
While celebrations were underway in London for the coronation of His Majesty The King, we marked the historic event in our own HMS Northumberland way, deployed on watch, for Britain, and very kindly hosted by our Icelandic allies in Reykjavik 🇮🇸👑 #HappyAndGlorious #FearNORT UK in Iceland 🇬🇧🇮🇸
Meet MOHAWK Flight from 814 Naval Air Squadron, the most recent aviators to adopt the call sign REDCLAW. Highly proficient in Anti-Submarine Warfare, they provide a potent capability for HMS Northumberland while on the hunt for submarines 🚁 #FearNORT #WeAreNATO #ExerciseDynamicMongoose23
No, it’s not quite Christmas. It’s actually HMS Northumberland enroute to rendezvous with COM SNMG1 for this years #ExerciseDynamicMongoose23 , NATO’s premier Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise. ❄️ #FearNORT #wearenato