Oarsome time with P.O.W.
The Prince of Wales joined submarine family rowers HMS Oardacious crew for a very important conversation about mental health. For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek they headed out onto the water, chatting everything from teamwork to food rations and just what it takes to look after your mental and physical health when rowing across the Atlantic. Prince William, Commander-in-Chief of […]
Armed Forces suicide prevention strategy 2023
As it is Mental Health Awareness, We thought it was a perfect opportunity to inform you of the Armed Forces (AF) Suicide Prevention strategy which has recently been launched. We are thrilled that they refer to postvention (care of those bereaved by suicide) in their strategy. Ultimately the Armed Forces Suicide Bereavement Pack that Suicide […]
Keswick to Barrow Walk
Well done team HM Naval Base Clyde competing in the 40 Mile Keswick to Barrow Walk at the weekend. The team included serving/retired submariners and family members.
HMS Vanguard departs Plymouth
HMS Vanguard, one of the four Trident submarines that maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent, left Devonport yesterday after a very much delayed Long Overhaul Period and Refuel (LOP(R)). During Vanguards’s first 35-month LOP(R) which took place between Feb 2002 and Jan 2005, she received the new Core H reactor. This new core design, which has […]
HMS Neptune WO and Senior rates mess donation
The Submarine Family are delighted to receive a donation of £1700 from the WO and senior rates mess HMS Neptune. These funds will go a long way to providing support to serving, retired submariners and their families. To date, TSF have supported over 5000 family members in various projects, including online wellbeing support, deployed hampers, […]
HMS Affray memorial service
The Gosport Branch of the Submariners Association held their annual HMS Affray Memorial Service at the AFFRAY Memorial on Gosport Waterfront on Sunday 16th April. There were approximately 50 attendees including the Mayor of Gosport, Councillor Jamie Hutchison, Councillor Graham Burgess, and members of the Gosport and Portsmouth branches of the Submariners Association. The service […]
Charity Cycle
Ami Burns of the Gosport Branch of the Submariners Association recently completed the Etape Loch Ness Bike Race in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The Etape Loch Ness is a Bike Race around the circumference of Loch Ness, which is 66 miles (105km) in total. In addition to the distance, it also includes an elevation […]
HMNB Clyde coronation day
HMS Neptune celebrated the king’s coronation weekend by having an outdoor celebration. All base personnel were invited along to the festivities, which included the Neptune volunteer band, pipers, DJ, food stalls, beer tent and representatives from various HMNB Clyde organisations and charities, including The Submarine Family. During the vent, the WO and senior mess presented The […]
Meet our new RNRMC Trustee for TSF
STEVE BRUNTON CBE Steve trained as a nuclear submarine weapons engineer, leaving the Royal Navy in 2014 after a 36-year career. He held acquisition roles in every rank from Lieutenant to Rear Admiral across Submarine systems, Information Infrastructure and Crypto systems. His final role was as the MOD’s lead on all warship shipbuilding as Director […]
New RNRMC CEO
Andrew Jameson succeeds Adrian Bell as Chief Executive of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Jameson OBE as the new Chief Executive. Andrew joins the charity after retiring from the Royal Navy in 2017, […]
