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Royal Navy

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Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

At sea, on land and in the air. ⚓️🇬🇧

Joined July 2011

Royal Navy
@RoyalNavy
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Tradition and naval pride... Sailors, their families and a host of dignitaries today celebrated the commissioning of Britain’s unique minehunting ship @HMS_Str_Castle into the Royal Navy fleet on the banks of the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june…
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Jun 10
Centre stage in The Big Easy... The #RoyalNavy's @HMSTrent is now turning her focus to Caribbean ops after a special trip to New Orleans, during which the ship welcomed 2,000 visitors and sailors immersed themselves in #Sail250 events. Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june…
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Jun 9
We’re with @HMSTrent in The Big Easy for your latest Royal Navy headlines... Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/60-second…
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Jun 8
.@RN_DTXG are deploying the Video Ray Defender-Viper system to neutralise mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Loaded onto @RFALymeBay, this system combines advanced sonar, remote operation and precision demolition to tackle threats beneath the waves. royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june…
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Jun 8
Patrol ship @HMS_Medway has completed a midwinter mercy mission to help prevent a viral outbreak on one of the world’s most remote islands. Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june…
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Jun 7
Hundreds of sailors paraded before Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as @HMSsultan celebrated 70 years as the engineering heartbeat of the Naval Service. @RoyalFamily Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/june…
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UK Carrier Strike Group
@COMUKCSG
Jun 7
Formed up, ready and back at sea. Defending the UK 's backyard and NATO's northern flank. Ensuring the security of the Euro-Atlantic. #ArcticSentry #WeAreNATO
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HMS Prince of Wales
@HMSPWLS
Jun 7
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Jun 6
Replying to @RoyalNavy
Naval casualties on D-Day were relatively light by the standards of the time and no Royal Navy warship was lost on June 6, although many smaller landing craft were sunk or wrecked, and ships like HMS Swift went down later in the campaign in Normandy. #DDay #WW2
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Jun 6
Replying to @RoyalNavy
At Juno Beach, Royal Marines suffered heavy losses capturing Langrune-sur-Mer. Upwards of 10,000 men on both sides were casualties on D-Day; at least 100 sailors and Royal Marines with no known grave are honoured on Portsmouth Naval Memorial alone. #DDay #WW2
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Jun 6
Replying to @RoyalNavy
The ring of steel around the invasion fleet, plus Allied air cover – including Fleet Air Arm – largely protected it from the German Navy, but losses among landing craft were heavy: one fifth of 47 (RM) Commando was wiped out in the initial wave at Gold Beach. #DDay #WW2
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Jun 6
Replying to @RoyalNavy
Nearly 200,000 naval personnel – more than half of them RN, plus 25,000 Merchant Navy seaman – manned an invasion force of nearly 7,000 vessels: battleships and cruisers pounding German positions, more than 4,000 landing craft and a good 1,500 supporting vessels. #DDay #WW2
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Jun 6
#OTD in 1944 the greatest armada ever to leave our shores delivered fire, fury and thousands of troops on to the beaches of Normandy. By the day’s end Hitler’s Atlantic Wall was punctured by the bravery, ingenuity and overwhelming firepower of Allied forces. #Dday #WW2
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