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Commissioned ships and submarines wear the White Ensign at the stern whilst alongside during daylight hours and at the main-mast whilst under way. When alongside, the Union Jack is flown from the jackstaff at the bow, but can be flown under way on only special circumstances, i.e. when dressed with masthead flags (when it is flown at the jackstaff), to signal a court-martial is in progress ...
Royal Navy officers in a wardroom seated toasting the King, from a series titled 'The Royal Navy during the Second World War'. A loyal toast is a salute given to the sovereign monarch or head of state of the country in which a formal gathering is being given, or by expatriates of that country, whether or not the particular head of state is present.
The Royal Naval Special Reserve (disbanded c. 1960) The Women's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (renamed the Women's Royal Naval Reserve in 1958, merged into the Royal Naval Reserve in 1993) The Women's Royal Naval Supplementary Reserve; The Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service Reserve (incorporated within the Royal Naval Reserve in 2000)
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In December 2020 she was awarded the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. [12] In May 2022, Oakley took over command of the Britannia Royal Naval College. [3] At the college’s passing out parade in August 2022, BBC News noted that it was the first such parade "with a female captain at the helm." [13] She is a Director of the Royal Navy ...
Operations room staff on board HMS Illustrious during Basic Operational Sea Training.. A. Cecil Hampshire's "The Royal Navy Since 1945" writes that [U]nder the system of Home Service, General Service, and Foreign Service commissions which was introduced in 1954, warships required to be re-manned with completely new crews more frequently than in the old days of "running" commissions.
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology: HMS Calliope (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and broken up in 1829. HMS Calliope (1837) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1837. She was used as a floating chapel in 1860 and a ...
In 1996, following the decommissioning and privatisation of the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth, MoD Caledonia was opened on the site of the former dockyard. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Following the Options for Change review and the collapse of the Soviet Union , the reserve unit HMS Scotia was moved from Pitreavie Castle to HMS Caledonia , where it has ...