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LOCAL CHILDREN participated in a vast range of sporting activities recently when Kings Foundation returned to Lomond School Sports Hall & Facilities last week.The popular holiday activity camp, held in conjunction with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC), ran for one packed week from Monday 9th to Friday 13th October 2023. The event was open to Service children, children of Naval Base workers and members of the Helensburgh and Lomond community.Some 56 kids passed through the camp over

Longest Dreadnought unit yet enters Devonshire Dock Hall The longest ever ‘mega-unit’ so far for Dreadnought Boat 1 has been moved down the road into BAE Systems Submarines’ Devonshire Dock Hall (DDH) in Barrow-in-Furness. At more than 20m, it was the longest submarine unit to move by road since the 30m+ fore-end mega-unit moved to the DDH for the final Vanguard boat in the mid-1990s. This mega-unit will now take its place on the Dreadnought build line as we continue

“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 part of the event Cdr Crosby signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Horners, which marks the start of an affiliation for the life of

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.                                                                               

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 the first of these – HMS AGAMEMNON – a nuclear strike submarine, which is due to launch early next year. A very warm welcome was

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, the options at BAE Systems may surprise you… Not a school leaver? Don’t worry, our apprenticeships are for any age. And we cover those with GCSEs up