Commodore ancona biography

This was published under the to Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. Commodore Ancona said of the visit: HMS Northumberland has come alongside fresh from providing valuable and direct support to the Combined Maritime Forces. Share this page The following links open in a new tab Share on Facebook opens in new tab Share on Twitter opens in new tab.

Updates to this page Published 20 February Is this page useful? Working as a combined unit they hunted, avoiding counter-detection, and engaged in simulated underwater battles with FS Perle who proved to be a worthy adversary. To help us improve GOV. Please fill in this survey opens in a new tab.

Commodore ancona biography

Hide this message. Home Defence and armed forces International defence commitments. News story Royal Navy vessels exercise in the Atlantic. All four ships are taking part in the exercise, alongside HMS Dragon, a new type Destroyer and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Cardigan Bay, which normally supports warships around the world. Some Royal Navy sailors are involved.

On board HMS Atherstone the crew conduct a live-fire exercise in a simulated attack against the ship. Atherstone's Captain, Lt Commander Ben Vickery, says: "My team are well trained to look out for any ship, they're there 24 hours a day making sure I can respond to any threat that might come my way. He doesn't say what that threat may be. Though he is careful to describe relations with Iran, a competing power in the region, as "cordial and professional".

The two-week exercise though is about being prepared for the worst. Whether it is dropping Navy divers by fast boat, or from a helicopter just metres above the waves, to search for dummy mines. But they're also turning to remote or unmanned underwater vehicles. US and British mine hunters are increasingly using the latest "drone technology" to deal with the deadly mines.

The Royal Navy has invested in a system called Seafox. Shaped like a torpedo it's fitted with sonar, a powerful torch and a camera that can feed live pictures to a ship as its controlled by the crew on board. The National Archives UK. Archived from the original on 9 December Retrieved 8 August Phil Kelly". Royal Navy. Retrieved 15 October Retrieved 20 December Retrieved 7 January Commodore Stephen M.

His Majesty's Naval Service.