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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
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.
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
South African Submarine Tragedy
Three South African navy personnel have died after seven members of a submarine crew were swept off the vessel’s deck by large waves, the country’s department of defence has said. The South African National Defence Force, which comprises all the armed forces, said a female officer with the rank of lieutenant commander was among the three who died. A senior officer is in a critical condition after the tragedy which happened as a helicopter attempted a “vertical transfer” of
Walsingham Visit
In July seven members of the Submarine Service went to join the many thousands of pilgrims who go to the Shrine every year. It was to be a time to rest and retreat from the daily grind of work, the stresses and strains on both our bodies and minds. To seek quietness, and to enjoy the solitude of a place so far removed from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. To spend time not only in prayer but
Welcome Home
The Royal Navy’s latest nuclear deterrence submarine patrol was welcomed home at Clyde Naval Base by the Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Senior Service. Deputy Prime Minister, Oliver Dowden, and the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Ben Key, were in Scotland to greet the Vanguard-class ballistic submarine on completion of their silent mission beneath the waves carrying the Trident missile system. It comes on the 55th year of Operation Relentless, under which a British submarine carrying the nation’s ultimate weapon
