Latest guest article: Royal Navy minehunting enters an uneasy transition https://t.co/h9yf2Jmsg2 Photo: @WGreen530

*correction $4.6Bn

.@HMS_Str_Castle alongside in Portland this morning. Via @AytonJustyn

🇳🇴Norway to spend $6.4Bn on 2 more Type 212CD submarines, in addition to 4 already on order from 🇩🇪TKMS (2 have begun construction). Norway will also help finance a second production line to reduce build time.

The Royal Navy is down to 7 frigates left in service. HMS Lancaster decommissioned in Bahrain yesterday. (Believe last time this took place overseas was when HMS Peacock, Plover & Starling - decommissioned together in Hong Kong before hand over to Philippine Navy, Aug 1997.)

Block 4 for first 🇦🇺Australian Hunter class frigate moved into the blast and paint chamber at @BAESystemsAus Osborne Naval Shipyard for abrasive blasting and application of protective coatings.

.@FlightGlobal reports DIP will announce funding for a further two Proteus RWUAS demonstrators for 700X Naval Air Squadron. https://t.co/amUIWatkFW

.@HMS_Medway arrived in Fortaleza, 🇧🇷Brazil today after sailing from 🇧🇧Barbados this week. H/T @TBrit90

.@HMSLANCASTER comes alongside in 🇧🇭Bahrain for the final time today. #OpKipion https://t.co/TTJDaiF7Ka

Latest news article: HMS Lancaster to be decommissioned in Bahrain https://t.co/TTJDaiF7Ka

.@hms_tyne returns to Portsmouth yesterday. Via @AWenham1

Latest insight article: AUKUS submarine programme – progress, pressure and realities https://t.co/EF81PxZ7k9 #AUKUS 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸

Tidesurge’s embarked 814NAS Merlin Mk2 Atlantic Flight honing their ASW skills. Use of the Training variant Torpedo (TvT) provides the Air Engineering Team chance to conduct weapon loading drills. #814NAS #SurgeCapacity #TorpedoDrills @RFAHeadquarters @RoyalNavy @RNASCuldrose

.@MarineNationale 🇫🇷 Frigate, FS Auvergne, alongside in 🇮🇪Cork harbour for the visit of 🇺🇦President Zelenskyy. There is growing discussion about the vulnerability of Irish air and seaspace to 🇷🇺Russian incursions. Via: J. Mcarthy

Mine Countermeasures Conference. The conference brought together MTXG,DTXG and MCM2 and key stakeholders that will shape the future. 50 years of the Mine Warefare Branch was celebrated. Along with talks on future operations and the evolution of MW Battle Staff. #MineWarefare

Latest news article: UK and Norway sign formal naval cooperation agreement https://t.co/Ms76nl0g4l

🇳🇴HNoMS Roald Aundsen sails from Portsmouth today - heading home to Norway after 7 months serving with the UK Carrier Strike Group. #CSG25 Via @AWenham1