Vice Admiral Simon Asquith @VAdmSAsquith Twitter profile

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

1 year

Honoured to welcome home HMS A…after 403 days deployed delivering on operations with our @NATO allies. Thank you, to you and your families, you have been superb. @fightingsailor @pinstripedline @RNRMC @VAdmAndrewBurns

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

A sad reminder of the dangers faced by those who ply their trade beneath the waves. Sleep well bothers, we have the watch. @WOCarlSteedman @JLeSPerks @RNSubMuseum @pinstripedline

Navy Lookout

@NavyLookout

3 years

SUBSUNK Sad to report 🇮🇩Indonesian navy confirm missing submarine KRI Nanggala is lost with all 53 on board. Wreckage discovered and sonar has located boat in 850m water way past crush depth.

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@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Honoured to be present for the dedication of the @RoyalNavy Submarine Memorial by the Duke of Cambridge today. @KensingtonRoyal @RNSubMuseum @CdreJimPerks @RNRMC

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

After 2 1/2 years as COMOPS, today I handed over to RAdm Ed Ahlgren. Thank you to my brilliant HQ team and to all the personnel who deliver front line operations for the @RoyalNavy . Good luck Ed. @VAdmAndrewBurns @MartinJConnell @FirstSeaLord @pinstripedline @WOCarlSteedman

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Today we held a memorial service in Northwood HQ to mark the tragic loss of the Indonesian Submarine Nanggala in April this year. #Resugam @JLeSPerks @IndonesiaUK @COMSUBLANT @NATO_MARCOM @pinstripedline @RNSubMuseum

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

9 months

No photo, no fanfare, just thanks to those at sea over Christmas on the UK’s Strategic Deterrent submarine. #alwaysready @maddymcternan @pinstripedline @RoyalNavy @FirstSeaLord @fightingsailor @COMSUBLANT

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

A great privilege to visit this fantastic submarine, crewed by awesome people, who demonstrate inspirational service and self-sacrifice in spades. #SilentService @JLeSPerks @AdmTonyRadakin @COMSUBLANT @pinstripedline @fightingsailor @BorisJohnson

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Flying visit to a UK SSN today. It was great to get back underwater! #WinchMeDown #WeComeUnseen @JLeSPerks @COMSUBLANT @RNinScotland @pinstripedline @UKMCCMiddleEast

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Fantastic to spend the day with this inspirational team, whose dedication, service and professionalism blew me away. @AdmTonyRadakin @VAdmNickHine @JLeSPerks @RNinScotland @BWallaceMP @pinstripedline @CaptainJerryKyd

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@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Great to be in Devonport with ⁦ @VAdmAndrewBurns ⁩ for the Rededication of HMS VANGUARD as she emerges from refit. ⁦ @JLeSPerks ⁩ ⁦ @fightingsailor ⁩ ⁦ @pinstripedline ⁩ ⁦ @COMSUBLANT ⁩

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Honoured to welcome home and thank @hms_kent after 234 days deployed and 45K miles steamed on CSG21. Delivering global effect with brilliant people. @smrmoorhouse @pinstripedline @FirstSeaLord @VAdmAndrewBurns @AdmTonyRadakin_

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

9 months

Congratulations to all those passing out of HMS RALEIGH today. I was honoured to take the salute and present prizes. @RC_Southwark @RAdmJudeTerry @fightingsailor @pinstripedline

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Lots of steel on display. @HMSQNLZ @HMSPWLS @WOCarlSteedman

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

30 years since I departed home to join the @RoyalNavy . I found amazing people at every level and fantastic opportunities at every turn. What a journey it has been so far. #BornInBradford .....

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Thinking of all those @RoyalNavy , RFA and @RoyalMarines personnel (and their amazing families)who will be at sea, deployed overseas or at very high readiness this Christmas. #sacrifice @pinstripedline @AdmTonyRadakin @R08Cat @thehistoryguy

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

Today on Christmas Eve enjoy the #RoyalNavy ’s rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Fantastic to have a UK SSN back in Western Australia. The link between the @Australian_Navy Submarine Service and that of the @RoyalNavy has always been very strong. Dolphin Code 77A. @fightingsailor @pinstripedline @VAdmAndrewBurns @ukinaustralia

UK in Australia 🇬🇧🇦🇺

@ukinaustralia

3 years

A warm welcome for the @RoyalNavy Astute class submarine in Perth today. Part of the #CSG21 deployment it demonstrates the UK's commitment to the region which #AUKUS reinforces.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

A little sporty! Never underestimate the power of the sea! #passthebucket

Naval Post

@naval_post

4 years

Oh my god... 😱

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

A huge privilege to take today’s Passing Out Parade at HMS RALEIGH. Congratulations to Hanson 33, welcome to the ⁦⁦⁦ @RoyalNavy ⁩ and good luck! ⁦ @RAdmJudeTerry ⁩ ⁦ @MartinJConnell ⁩ ⁦ @pinstripedline ⁩ ⁦ @RoyalNavyFPS ⁩

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Honoured to be a guest at the Commissioning Ceremony of @HMS_Spey . The Ship and Ships Company looked magnificent set against the beautiful backdrop of Speyside. #GoWell @AdmTonyRadakin @TheSecurocrat @pinstripedline @UKGovScotland @VAdmJerryKyd @RNinScotland

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Welcome home for the final time HMS TRENCHANT! Thirty two action packed years of operational service to your nation. @timbenbow1 @JLeSPerks @AdmTonyRadakin @fightingsailor @pinstripedline @WOCarlSteedman

Navy Lookout

@NavyLookout

3 years

HMS Trenchant off Plymouth breakwater flying her paying off pennant, prepares to enter Devonport for the final time this afternoon. BZ to a fine boat that has served the nation for 32 years. The tales she could tell… Via @RfaNostalgia

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

A fantastic opportunity to take a closer look at the #SilentService . @HMNBClyde @JLeSPerks @VAdmNickHine @R08Cat @_philharper @pinstripedline

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

📺 Next Wednesday 04 November – don’t miss TV documentary ‘On Board Britain’s Nuclear Submarine: Trident’ and join the crew of #HMSVengeance on a new journey beneath the sea. 📆 Airing at 9 pm on @channel5_tv #OnboardTrident 📎 Find out more here:

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great photo of a UK Attack Submarine operating as part of the #CSG21 deployment. @smrmoorhouse @VAdmBenKey @pinstripedline #StrengthInDepth

Rear Admiral Steve Moorhouse

@smrmoorhouse

3 years

After a series of port visits, the UK Carrier Strike Group has reformed to resume our programme in the Mediterranean. #CSG21 Ready to operate at sea, in the air, over the land and under the waves...

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Good to have @HMSEnterprise in Beirut to assist the Lebanese people getting this vital port open. @ukinlebanon @crampling @RoyalNavy @pinstripedline @foreignoffice

UK in Lebanon 🇬🇧🇱🇧

@ukinlebanon

4 years

"What happened here at port of #Beirut was an unspeakable tragedy." We stand by Lebanon 🇱🇧 and its people here, and will continue humanitarian, logistical, medical support. 🇬🇧 Ambassador @crampling from port of Beirut today as @HMSEnterprise docks #Kulluna_Ma3kom #كلنا_معكم

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Amazing people, doing amazing things to protect the #nation , and which will remain unseen. Most of all, thank you to their families who put up with much and are too often unsung. @pinstripedline @R08Cat @RoyalNavy @RNinScotland

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

@RNRMC

4 years

#SeafarersWeek - The Submarine Service Today we recognise the Submarine Service - those who have served, are serving and their families, especially during these challenging times. Find out here how we have supported them during Covid-19: #ByYourSide

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Incredibly heroic action. Makes me feel both proud to be part of this heritage and genuinely humbled. @RoyalNavy @WO1IanWilson @RNinScotland

Navy Lookout

@NavyLookout

4 years

75 years ago Lt Ian Fraser and LS James Magennis earned the last VC won by the RN Submarine Service to date, crippling a Japanese cruiser in Singapore harbour using an X-craft. #VJDay75

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

A strong piece by @pinstripedline . North Atlantic ASW is dirty, dangerous and complex work. @CDRETNEILD @HMSNORT @HMS_Westminster

Sir Humphrey

@pinstripedline

3 years

The Royal Navy has been in the news this week, particularly over its work protecting the UK from hostile Russian activity. Pinstripedline blog on the RN, ASW, the Russian threat and why we should warmly welcome the Warship tv show.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Global forward presence means more of our units better placed to support Allies and help those in need. Go well @HMS_Spey . @FCDOGovUK

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

3 years

Heading for disaster relief operations in Tonga... 🇹🇴 @HMS_Spey is right now on the way from Tahiti to support international disaster relief efforts after a tsunami devastated #Tonga . Read more:

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@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Heroic work by dedicated RNLI volunteers who regularly put their lives on the line. #heroism @RNLI @MCA_media @RoyalNavy

Coastguard Matt

@Matt_Leat

5 years

Hats off to all @RNLI crews who put to sea in this weather to save the lives of others.

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@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Fantastic to be able to welcome US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gilday, to Faslane Naval Base today. #StrongerTogether ⁦⁦ @COMSUBLANT ⁩ ⁦ @VAdmAndrewBurns ⁩ ⁦ @USNavyCNO ⁩

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Safe passage @HMS_Spey and @hms_tamar as you begin your long transit to the Asia Pacific Region where you will provide a permanent @RoyalNavy presence for the UK. @CDRETNEILD @TheSecurocrat @fightingsailor @pinstripedline

HMNB Portsmouth

@HMNBPortsmouth

3 years

It’s deployment day for two of our splendid patrol vessels ⁦ @hms_tamar ⁩ and ⁦ @HMS_Spey ⁩ as they begin the long journey to the Pacific for an enduring deployment. All the best to both ships’ companies.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

An honour to present the new PWO and Surface Ship Command Pins to my officers today. ⁦ @AdmTonyRadakin ⁩ ⁦ @RoyalNavy ⁩ ⁦ @pinstripedline ⁩

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great to welcome the new @FirstSeaLord to the Maritime Ops Centre. @fightingsailor @VAdmAndrewBurns @pinstripedline

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great to be back in @HMNBDevonport_ Feeling slightly nostalgic as I pass a previous Command @HMSPortland . #oldships @tim_neild @_philharper @fightingsailor

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@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

'Thank you @RAdmPVHaltonOBE . What a privilege to take on such a fantastic command role for @RoyalNavy and @RoyalMarines . I look forward to delivering #operations together. #excitingtimes #onenavyonefight

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Welcome to Portsmouth! A phenomenal achievement by all concerned. #twocarriernation . @HMSPWLS @HMSQNLZ @HMNBPortsmouth

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

5 years

HMS Prince of Wales sailed into her homeport @HMNBPortsmouth for the first time today. 👏 #CarrierTakeTwo #PWLSatSea #PWLSatHome @HMSPWLS Full story:

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@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Nice to see @hms_argyll returning to Devonport in the sunshine today. @RoyalNavy @CdreRBellfield

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@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

A fantastic example of the variety of tasking that can be delivered by these ships. Great work @HMS_Spey ! #PacificTilt @pinstripedline @ukinfiji @UKinTonga @UKinSamoa @VAdmAndrewBurns

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

What a magnificent sight! Wishing the entire Carrier Strike Group fair winds and following seas - what an adventure you are embarking upon. @HMSQNLZ @tim_neild @USNavy @kon_marine @RoyalNavy #GlobalBritain @AlMarshallRAF

Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd

@VAdmJerryKyd

3 years

Just watched the carrier leave for her deployment. Immaculate- and very emotional for me. Go well HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and her ships company.

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great to have Daniel Craig aboard as one of our honorary officers. @pinstripedline @007 @RoyalNavy

James Bond

@007

3 years

Daniel Craig has been made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy. Commander Craig said: “I am truly privileged and honoured to be appointed the rank of Honorary Commander in the senior service.”

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

An incredible day which launched the campaign to free Europe from tyranny. @RoyalNavy @UKMCCMiddleEast @kejamieson_ @pinstripedline

On This Day RN

@OnthisdayRN

3 years

#OnThisDay 1944 #DDay Operation Neptune landed 156,000 Allied troops on 5 beaches in Normandy as part of the invasion of Europe under Operation Overlord. 6833 ships used including 5,300 warships and landing craft, 78% of which are British under @RoyalNavy Planned by Adm Ramsay

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@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Now that’s what I call surfacing in style @Oceandiversity2 . #whaletail @RNSubMuseum @RoyalNavy @RNLI

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great thread by @kejamieson_ on Suez, sea blindness and the crisis facing many merchant mariners. @pinstripedline @shippingics @merchantnavy @lloydsregister

Kate ⚓💣🌊

@kejamieson_

3 years

This week has shown how many people are unaware that around 90% of global trade (by volume) moves by🚢 The eyes are on Suez, but there are tens of thousands of seafarers who haven't been able to get home for over a year, due to COVID restrictions/travel bans #CrewChangeCrisis

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Extraordinary life. The first person to join the @RoyalNavy as a sailor and be promoted to Rear Admiral (and later Vice Admiral), helping to sink the Bismarck along the way! #madeintheRoyalNavy . @R08Cat @pinstripedline @VAdmNickHine

On This Day RN

@OnthisdayRN

4 years

#OnThisDay 1957 Vice Adm Sir Benjamin Martin died. The son of a Petty Officer, he joined @RoyalNavy in 1907 as a boy sailor and was a Warrant Officer Gunner in HMS MALAYA at #Jutland . In 1941 he was Captain of HMS DORSETSHIRE & directly assisted in sinking the Bismarck.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 months

As I handover the Director SM role to RAdm Andy Perks, I want to thank my amazing uniformed and civilian teams who have been truly outstanding. Good luck Andy. Looking forward to my next adventure @NATO_ACT . @FirstSeaLord @pinstripedline @VAdmAndrewBurns @NATO @fightingsailor

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Sad to attend my old boat, HMS TALENT’s decommissioning today, along with her sister HMS TRENCHANT. Also a great chance to celebrate their collective operational service of over 65 years, and the fantastic people who served. #silentservice @CdreJimPerks @VAdmAndrewBurns

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

2 years

The baton of Royal Navy submarine operations today passed firmly to the cutting-edge Astute class. After 32 years in service, HMS Trenchant and Talent – 2 of the 3 final Trafalgar-class boats - decommissioned @HMNBDevonport before HRH The Princess Royal.

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Remembrance and operations in the Barents Sea. Great work @hms_kent . #VEDay75 @pinstripedline @R08Cat @USNavyEurope

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

❄️ Frigate @hms_kent has left the #BarentsSea after seven days of cold-weather operations. She's been working with our US allies @USNavyEurope in the icy waters of the #ArcticCircle . 🇺🇸🇬🇧 🔗 Find out more:

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Look who turned up to my HQ today! Great to host all 3 Command Warrant Officers, @WO1MickTurnbull , @WOCarlSteedman and @WO1IanWilson .

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

All good questions @pinstripedline . I can at least reassure you that the @RoyalNavy is already planning how we transition from the initial response to this crisis, to what I’m sure will be a ‘new normal’. @VAdmNickHine

Sir Humphrey

@pinstripedline

4 years

What doesCOVID-19 mean for the Royal Navy? Great short term response, new deployments and business as usual, but potential questions ahead about what this means for enablers, logistics and training. Pinstripedline blog on the great RN response to date.

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@VAdmSAsquith

1 year

Great view of HMS T…. returning to @HMNBDevonport_ . Welcome home! @VAdmAndrewBurns @fightingsailor @pinstripedline

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Welcome to our latest @RoyalNavy Astute Class SSN. Fair winds and a following sea HMS AUDACIOUS. @AdmTonyRadakin @PacificSubs @RNSubMuseum @HMNBClyde

Navy Lookout

@NavyLookout

4 years

BREAKING: Royal Navy submarine, HMS Audacious sails for sea trials

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

A fantastic photo of HRH, get well soon sir! @RoyalFamily @royalfamilyinfo

James Brun

@LeBrunJames81

4 years

HRH the Duke of Edinburgh on the jackstay from the frigate HMS Eastbourne to the minesweeper HMS Walkerton. Malta, 1960. @I_W_M A 34294.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

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5 years

Great to be in Kinloss with @AOC_1_Group . A chance to get up close and personal with the @P8A_PoseidonRAF MPA. Next stop #subhunting . #StrongerTogether . @annietrev

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@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

A great visit to Faslane Naval Base to speak with some of the fantastic people who support our world class Submarine Service, including the King’s Harbour Master. @RNSubs @SsafaFaslane @pinstripedline @RoyalNavy @fightingsailor

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2 years

A fantastic submarine, with a very fine ship’s company, built in the Barrow Shipyard which has a long and distinguished history of @RoyalNavy submarine (and ship) building. @BAESystemsplc @RNSubs

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

2 years

HMS Anson has arrived... 🇬🇧 The fifth of the advanced Astute-class hunter-killer submarines was today welcomed into the #RoyalNavy fleet at a ceremony in Barrow. Read more:

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Great to see HMS SABRE on patrol asserting sovereignty on Christmas Day. More great work by dedicated @RoyalNavy @RoyalMarines personnel. Thank you @RNGibSqn . @AdmTonyRadakin

Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron

@RNGibSqn

5 years

Our Sovereignty mission doesn’t stop today. HMS SABRE and RN RHIBs are out on patrol around the Rock. Many thanks to the families of those who are on duty, here and elsewhere for all of your support. Merry Christmas to all. @RoyalNavy @RAdmSAsquith @MODGibraltar #MerryChrismas

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

A terrible sight. Brave work from these @USNavy firefighters trying to bring this blaze under control. #DontGiveUpTheShip . @USNavyCNO @SurfaceWarriors @pinstripedline

U.S. Navy

@USNavy

4 years

Sailors and Federal San Diego firefighters continue to battle a fire aboard amphibious assault ship #USSBonhommeRichard (LHD 6) in #SanDiego . Follow #USNavy and @SurfaceWarriors for updates. LATEST DETAILS ⬇️

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3 years

Great for the @RoyalNavy to be part of this excellent exercise with our @NATO and Ukrainian partners. @UKinUkraine @HMSTrent #StrongerTogether #SB21

UK in Ukraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦

@UKinUkraine

3 years

The UK 🇬🇧 is proud to take part in exercise Sea Breeze 2021 ⚓️. Great chance to work together and exchange experience with Ukrainian partners 🇺🇦 and other allies. 🤝 #StrongerTogether #ExerciseSeaBreeze #SeaBreeze2021 #SB21

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Always good to top up with fuel at your local garage! @RFAFortVictoria @RNASCuldrose @RFAHeadquarters @MartinJConnell #flynavy

RFA Fort Victoria

@RFAFortVictoria

4 years

846 Merlin conducting Refuelling @RFAHeadquarter @RNASYeovilton #flynavy #heatwave #flysafe

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@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

BZ @HMSNORT . Delivering on operations despite the challenges of a North Atlantic winter. @pinstripedline @R08Cat @fightingsailor @VAdmJerryKyd

HMS Northumberland

@HMSNORT

4 years

#Roughers ! Just another day at sea, doing what we do best.

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@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

My thoughts and prayers are with the crew and their families. ⁦

Missing Indonesian submarine has 72 hours of oxygen left, navy says

Indonesia is racing against time to rescue the 53 crew of a missing submarine before the oxygen runs out.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Good to see @HMSDragon , I have #plans for you.....

HMS Dragon

@HMSDragon

4 years

It's good to have water beneath the hull again!! HMS Dragon is preparing to leave Dry Dock as she nears the end of her planned Maintenance Period

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

A nice thread on the superb and versatile Royal Fleet Auxiliary who deliver support, and operations in their own right, 24/7 365. @CdreDuncanLamb @RFAHeadquarters @RFAFortVictoria @RFAArgus @RFACardiganBay

Ellis Jones-Thurling

@StrategyBin

4 years

If you really want to look at maritime capability and force projection, look no further than the Royal Fleet Auxillary (RFA), second to only the Naval Fleet Auxillary Force (NFAF). /1

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@VAdmSAsquith

2 months

I’m delighted to join the fantastic team @NATO_ACT to support transformation of the Alliance. Thank you to VAdm Guy Robinson for a great handover, and for almost 40 years of service. Lots to do in difficult times. #StrongerTogether @NATO_SACT @NATO @UKinUSA

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Great to be in Western Australia with our very close partners, the RAN SM Force. @Australian_Navy #StrongerTogether

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

A tragic loss and clear reminder of the dangers faced by those who plough their trade beneath the waves. @JLeSPerks @PacificSubs @RNSubMuseum @pinstripedline @WO1IanWilson

HMS Oardacious Valkyries

@hmsoardacious

4 years

On this date (15th November) in 2017 the Argentinian submarine 'ARA San Juan' was lost in the South Atlantic along with her entire crew of 43 men and one woman. Rest in peace brothers and sister. Resurgam.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Welcome home @HMSNORT . Great to have the chance to say thank you to a fantastic ship’s company who have delivered real operational success despite the challenge of C-19. @CDRETNEILD @RoyalNavy @WOCarlSteedman @VAdmJerryKyd @WO1MickTurnbull @AdmTonyRadakin #ASW

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

10 months

A moving service with fantastic attendance from those still serving, veterans and families. Thank you to the @RoyalNavy Submarine Association for pulling together this annual event. @RNRMC @submarinefamily #WeWillRememberThem

Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧

@DefenceHQ

10 months

The Royal Navy Submariner Memorial Service took place in London over the weekend. Submariners past and present came to remember those who went before and lost their lives in conflict. #LestWeForget

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Lively and fresh! #rollercoaster #passthesickbucket @NavyLookout @WOCarlSteedman @RoyalNavy

Navy Lookout

@NavyLookout

4 years

Bouncy. @HMS_Westminster in the South Coast Exercise Areas this week on approach for Replenishment at Sea. via C. Goddard

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Great to be back at Clyde Naval Base to see the fantastic work done to support the @RoyalNavy Submarine Service. @HMNBClyde @WO1MickTurnbull @WOCarlSteedman @WO1IanWilson

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

Good luck to the @RoyalNavy rugby teams in the big match today! #GoRoyalNavyBeatBritishArmy

First5Media

@First5Media

2 years

History made at Twickenham! first ever @RNRugby men’s and women’s combined team photo. @ArmyvNavyRugby

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

It is great to be part of an @RoyalNavy which is now growing but that photo is on another level! @HMSWarship @pinstripedline

Heart of Oak ⚓️

@HMWarships

4 years

Fleet Review at Spithead, 1937. Photo:

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Maritime power at scale! @HMSQNLZ @smrmoorhouse

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

The Royal Navy's new #CarrierStrikeGroup has assembled for the first time. @HMSQNLZ has been joined by eight other ships in the North Sea, marking the beginning of a new era of operations. 🔗

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

1 year

Fantastic to be in Western Australia with my @USNavy and @Australian_Navy colleagues as part of the AUKUS pathway to support Australia’s acquisition of SSNs. @ukinaustralia @FirstSeaLord @COMSUBLANT @pinstripedline

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Welcome to your new home @HMS_Spey . I have big plans for you..... @PortsmouthProud @HMNBPortsmouth @NavyLookout

Proud of Portsmouth

@PortsmouthProud

4 years

A wet and windy bagpipe first entrance for @HMS_Spey into her new home port of #Portsmouth 🇬🇧 The last of the Batch 2 River class OPVs And sporting a red ensign! @PONewsHub @RoyalNavy @BAES_Maritime @OverseasPatrol @HMS_Forth @HMSTrent @HMS_Medway @HMS_Tamar @NavyLookout

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Go well @hms_argyll . A lengthy deployment ahead, with sacrifice from friends and family, but undoubtedly heading for worthwhile tasking in support of #GlobalBritain . @CdreRBellfield @RoyalNavy

HMS Argyll

@hms_argyll

5 years

ARGYLL has deployed on global operations. See you all in October! 👋🏼 @RoyalNavy

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great to welcome @VAdmAndrewBurns to the Maritime Ops Centre as the new Fleet Commander. @pinstripedline @AdmTonyRadakin

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Great work by @HMSMontrose , reducing both the flow of narcotics onto the streets and funding streams to criminal/terrorist organisations. @UKMCCMiddleEast @CMF_Bahrain

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

3 years

More than one tonne of drugs – worth over £15m – has been seized by @HMSMontrose in her first bust of 2022.👏 The ship pounced on a dhow carrying heroin, methamphetamine and hashish: the seventh seizure by the ship inside 3 years.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Welcome home @HMSDragon . Great work with @HMSQNLZ on #WESTLANT19

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

@RNRMC

5 years

Welcome home @HMSDragon from your successful deployment as part of #WESTLANT19 ! 🐉 #ByYourSide #Fighting45 #BreathingFire

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

These will be awesome machines! @fightingsailor @pinstripedline @JLeSPerks @COMSUBLANT

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

3 years

The navy's next-generation submarines will be built with 'fly-by-wire' technology to control key aspects like buoyancy, depth and pitch. #Dreadnought -class submarines will see the introduction of tech similar to what's used in aircraft. @BAESystemsplc 🔗

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Thank you @HMSPWLS , your people are playing an amazing part in protecting @GREATBritain in the #COVID19 crisis. @WOCarlSteedman @WO1MickTurnbull @WO1IanWilson

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

Massive THANK YOU🙏 to the sailors of @HMSPWLS who have been helping run #Covid test centres across Hampshire. #InThisTogether #HMSPWLS 🔗Find out more:

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

What an incredible victory. Resilience, composure and skill in abundance! I am in awe. @EmmaRaducanu #thisgirldid @BritishtennisUK

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Thank you @CaptRichHarris and @HMS_Raleigh for the opportunity to take the salute at today’s passing out parade! Congratulations Gould 25, you were awesome! #inspiration #OneTeam @RoyalNavy @AdmTonyRadakin @ComdLittoralSG

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Congratulations to @hmsoardacious . Rowing the Atlantic in 37 days is something you will tell your grandchildren - legends! You have done yourselves and your Service proud. Good luck to all those yet to finish. @RoyalNavy @RoyalMarines #TWAC2019 #inspirational

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

I agree @AOC_1_Group . The @P8A_PoseidonRAF will be fantastic aircraft. I look forward to working with the @RoyalAirForce to get this capability integrated into maritime operations. @RAFLossiemouth @CXX_Squadron

Air Marshal Harv Smyth

@HarvSmyth

5 years

Great session today with the ISTAR HQ, @RAFLossiemouth and @DefenceES as final prep for the delivery of our 1st @P8A_PoseidonRAF next month. Just a few outstanding items to resolve and we’ll have @CXX_Squadron ’s ZP801 on UK soil. #NoOrdinaryJob #NextGenRAF @RoyalAirForce

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

I was privileged to meet PO Gould in the mid 1990s. Extraordinary heroism. @CdreJimPerks @RNinScotland @RNSubMuseum @pinstripedline @_philharper

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

2 years

In the week when we will commission the submarine HMS ANSON, it was poignant to visit the memorial to her namesake who wrecked in gales off Loe Bar, Cornwall, in 1807 with the loss of 100 lives. @RBLI @BWallaceMP @VAdmAndrewBurns @MartinJConnell @RNSubs

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Important work by the @RoyalNavy working with key allies and supported by the @RoyalAirForce to ensure freedom of navigation and exercise in an area of growing strategic significance. @USNavyEurope @AdmTonyRadakin @pinstripedline @ChiefofAirStaff @USNavyCNO

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

Frigate @HMSSutherland , supported by tanker @RFATidespring , is leading a task group in waters above the #ArcticCircle for the first time in 20 years. They are joined by @USNavy , Norway and Denmark to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the region 🔗

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

A sad loss. Eric was a fantastic supporter of the @RoyalNavy over many decades. @DSD_Kings @thehistoryguy @navy_history @pinstripedline

Defence Studies KCL

@DSD_Kings

3 years

@DSD_Kings are saddened to learn Prof Eric Grove passed away yesterday. Eric was an external examiner & good friend to many members of DSD. A sad loss to the strategic studies and naval history community. Our thoughts are with his family.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Heroic doesn’t really begin to cover this. @thehistoryguy @timbenbow1 @RNSubMuseum

Dan Snow

@thehistoryguy

4 years

Today in 1943 astonishingly brave crews aboard X Craft midget submarines managed to drop two mines under the keel of the battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord. Here's a video I made aboard the sole surviving X Craft.

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Fantastic to be able to recognise the commitment of 2 outstanding characters onboard @HMSScottRN . #AlwaysBeASailor @CDRETNEILD @fightingsailor @WO1MickTurnbull @WOCarlSteedman @WO1IanWilson @VAdmAndrewBurns

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Reassuring our overseas territories that we will be there when they need us the most. @ComdLittoralSG @RoyalNavy @RFAArgus @HMS_Medway

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

. @RFAArgus and @HMS_Medway Caribbean Task group have started their disaster relief planning and preparation in Montserrat – just weeks before the impending hurricane season. 🔗 Click to read more:

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

And what a morning it is @hms_tyne !

HMS Tyne

@hms_tyne

4 years

Good Morning 🌅

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Brilliant teamwork between the @RoyalNavy and @kon_marine working with the @USCG to seize a large haul of narcotics! Great work @RFAArgus . @pinstripedline @R08Cat @thehistoryguy

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

A Royal Navy task group in the #Caribbean , led by @RFAArgus , worked with the Dutch Navy @kon_marine and the US Coast Guard to seize more than £160m worth of drugs in two daring operations. 🔗

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Thank you @RNASCuldrose for a great visit catching up on your #ASW capability and development of unmanned air systems for the @RoyalNavy . #flynavy #innovation @MartinJConnell @smrmoorhouse

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

Some serious steel on display as the UK Carrier Strike Group integrates with our @NATO Allies. #WeAreNATO @smrmoorhouse @NATO_MARCOM

Rear Admiral Steve Moorhouse

@smrmoorhouse

3 years

NATO has been the cornerstone of Britain’s defence & guarantor of peace in Europe for 70 years. It’s a privilege for the @RoyalNavy to be front & centre for the maritime phase of #SteadfastDefender21 #WeAreNATO

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Thank you @HMSQNLZ @smrmoorhouse for hosting my visit today. It was great to see your brilliant people breathing life into this incredible capability. #teamwork

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Globally deployed and #AlwaysReady the @RoyalNavy , Royal Fleet Auxiliary and @RoyalMarines are stepping up at home and abroad to serve the Nation.

Royal Navy

@RoyalNavy

4 years

Ready to respond. In these uncertain times, Royal Navy sailors and @RoyalMarines continue to operate all over the world but are also standing ready to support and assist the government wherever needed. 🔗Read more:

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

4 years

Welcome back @HMSDragon . Exciting programme ahead. #breathefire

HMS Dragon

@HMSDragon

4 years

The Dragon emerges into the open waters #breathefire

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

5 years

Fantastic to welcome the first @P8A_PoseidonRAF to the UK. This is the start of an exciting journey for the @RoyalAirForce and @RoyalNavy as we integrate this superb capability into our Anti-submarine Warfare Operations. @AdmTonyRadakin @ChiefofAirStaff @annietrev @AOC_1_Group

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Vice Admiral Simon Asquith

@VAdmSAsquith

3 years

What a fantastic idea @HMSDefender . Great to demonstrate to our people that we don’t take their (or their families) sacrifice for granted. @WOCarlSteedman @fightingsailor @pinstripedline

HMS Defender

@HMSDefender

3 years

We’ve got some salty sea dogs on board! Today we welcomed some new members into our 3000 and 2000 clubs which recognise the sacrifices sailors and their families make to reach that many sea days #CSG21

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