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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 their continued support to TSF. https://youtu.be/dYQRPnE-E3Qhttps://youtu.be/tw-oePciVJE

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Wreath Laying Ceremony at Kylesku

A service to mark the 80th anniversary of the attack on the German battleship, the Tirpitz, was held at the XII Submarine Flotilla memorial at Kylesku last weekend. The wreath-laying ceremony, which took place on Saturday, September 23, was attended by Lord-Lieutenant Major General Patrick Marriott, along with Royal Navy representatives from Faslane and members of the Sutherland Branch of the Royal Naval Association. Members were also in attendance from the Scottish and West of Scotland Submariners’ Association, “We Remember

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AUKUS 2 years on

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Submarine Awards Evening

The Submarine Service held their annual awards ceremony to celebrate to achievements of those in our community both operational and in support of our family.The evening was held in Glasgow Hilton and was hosted by Cdre Paul Dunn.Sponsored by the submarine family, over 350 serving, veteran submariners and family members were in attendance to witness the evening.This year the inaugural Dena Rogers MBE submarine family award was presented to WO1 David Bathgate. The award is to celebrate the member of

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SMQ support local community centre

We had a little of help from our friends at HMNB Clyde, who very kindly lent us some of their SMQ trainees for the day.The hard working bunch got to work giving the outside of the Centre a facelift and undertook some much needed garden maintenance. The vast majority of work in our Garden is undertaken by our fantastic volunteers. This additional help from HMNB Clyde was greatly appreciated.

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FOST (SM) Supersession

THE ORGANISATION responsible for training Royal Navy Submariners in Scotland – Fleet Operational Standards and Training (Submarines) (FOST (SM)) – has a new Commanding Officer.The current Captain FOST Submarines, Captain Neil Lamont, formally handed over to Captain Justin Codd on Tuesday, 29 August, during the supersession at HM Naval Base Clyde.Captain Lamont, who has been in the role a little under two years, joining in November 2021, has previously spent three years in command of HMS Vigilant and HMS Vengeance

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