The worshipful Company of Horner’s welcomes HMS Agamemnon.
“Representatives from HMS AGAMEMNON including the CO, Cdr Crosby travelled to London to celebrate the new affiliation with the Worshipful Company of Horner’s at their annual Banquet. The event was held in at Mansion House in central London, where AGMN ships company met guild members and other affiliations including ships staff from HMS Puncher. As […]
Possible Norwegian discovery of HMS Thistle
At 170 metres deep, Norwegian researchers stumbled over a historic find Kyrre Heldal Kartveit is a researcher at the Institute of Marine Research. He is working hard to map the seabed. He can spend hours looking at seabeds, mud and shrimp. […]
The Worshipful Company of Loriners Affiliation with HMS Agamemnon
Following on from yesterday’s report the Master Colin Gurley, and the IPM Chris Walton arrived safely in Barrow-in-Furness to visit the home of BAE Systems where three of the Royal Navy’s latest nuclear submarines are currently in varying stages of being built. We are pleased to announce that the Loriners has agreed an affiliation with […]
BAE Submarines Academy Apprenticeships
With over 48 schemes and 700+ roles available in 2024, it’s time to take a look at our state of the art Submarines Academy for Skills and Knowledge in Barrow-in-Furness. We are OPEN 1st and 2nd November 2023, to talk all things Early Careers. From Caulker to Commercial, Fitter to Finance, Data Analyst to Designer, […]
Kings Award designs revealed
Awards with His Majesty The King’s image in use from the beginning of October. The new designs are presented on almost 50 different awards. Images bear the inscription Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith. The images – known as effigies – will be used for almost 50 awards, […]
Thousands of veterans cards to be rolled
Thousands more veterans will receive HM Armed Forces Veteran Cards by the end of the year thanks to a £3 million injection to expand the roll-out to veterans who left service before 2018. Veterans’ Minister Johnny Mercer has visited a MOD printing facility at HMS Sultan in Gosport Government has invested £3m to scale up […]
THE SILENT SERVICE CELEBRATES SUCCESS WITH A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS
THE red carpet was rolled out in true Hollywood style at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel last weekend for the annual Submarine Service Awards, known colloquially as ‘The Submarine Oscars.’ Serving and retired Submariners, their families, friends, and affiliates all dressed up in their best bib and tucker for an evening of glitz and glamour to […]
BAE people project
Designed and built by our Submarines apprentices, the ‘People. Product. Pride: 150 years of Barrow Shipyard’ heritage sculpture is now on permanent display at Vickerstown Park in Barrow. The statue depicts Barrow’s shipbuilding heritage through three key elements; the men and women who have worked in the shipyard, the community which the business has served […]
RN Submarine Service to recieve worlds most advanced attack submarines.
The Royal Navy is set to receive £4billion from the Government to build the “world’s most advanced” attack submarines. Three UK companies have won a £3.95billion contract to build a new generation of submarines for the Navy, as part of the country’s AUKUS programme with Australia and the United States. BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Babcock […]
Thank you at RM band Tour
The Submarine Family thanked some our wonderful supporters last week by hosting them at the RM band tour in Leicester and Liverpool. Kathryn Nye attended the Leicester show after donating money after her father, a retired submariner sadly passed away. WO2 Alyn Williams and Brian Wood from the Merseyside branch of the Submariners Association for […]
