Santa hats ✅
Sunglasses ✅
Christmas meal ✅

Ship's Company take a pause from operations to celebrate Christmas in the middle East sun ☀️

#OpKipion #MiddleEast

With the ‘Operation Welly’ team packing Christmas boxes for UK troops overseas – on NATO's #OpCABRIT in #Estonia and #OpKIPION in the Gulf.
#LestWeForget #Veteran #ForSoldiersForLife #RoyalNavy #Minehunter #BritishArmy #RAF #BritishMilitary #Deployed #WeAreNATO #StandWithUkraine

Congratulations to ET Ogg and ET Shepherd on being awarded HMS PENZANCE Sailor of the Month for April and May. 👏 It is up to our engineers to ensure our ship and our systems are always ready for operations, so this recognition is thoroughly deserved. #OpKipion

We have conducted our 10th crew rotation on HMS Montrose.

Port crew 🔴 handed over to Starboard crew 🟢 in Bahrain 🇧🇭, with Commander Thompson and her crew taking over from Commander Irving.

#opkipion

Wishing all of our followers, affiliates, friends and families a very Merry Christmas! 🎄 🎅

#OpKIPION #Christmas Royal Navy

From all of us deployed overseas on #OpKIPION at COMUKMCMFOR have a happy new year & all the best in 2023! #smallshipsbigimpact #16yearsstrong

Command Handover complete. ✅
Port crew 🔴 has recently replaced Stbd 🟢 and after some intensive regeneration is ready to continue delivering high-tempo tasking following the significant success of our sister crew. ⚓️

#2crews1ship #OpKIPION #UKMCC

COMUKMCMFOR and the Ship's Company of RFA Cardigan Bay would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎅🥳 #DeployedforChristmas #OpKIPION

4.5 Engage! 💥💥

We recently honed our gunnery skills against air and surface targets in the Gulf of Oman to maintain our fighting edge.
Our helo crew can ‘spot’ the rounds, enabling LANCASTER to engage targets up to 15 miles away. 🚁🎯

#DeployedT23 #OpKipion #MiddleEast

#OpKIPION is the Royal Navy's long-standing presence in the Gulf and Indian Ocean.

Its purpose: to promote peace, stability and support the safe transit of merchant shipping in the region🚢

Read more at the link below ⬇️
royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-lates…

With some help from our American allies, 🇬🇧 RFA Cardigan Bay carried out a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with the 🇺🇸 USNS Alan Shepard.

Maintaining operational readiness at sea, RFA Cardigan Bay received 384 cubic metres of fuel ⛽️ #GlobalModernReady #OpKIPION

It’s with pride that we announce Maj Paul Eaton (R2IC) has been awarded a Joint Commander’s Commendation (JCC) in recognition of his outstanding work whilst deployed on #OpKIPION . The #Passion & #Professionalism that you display daily is #Inspirational .

@Comd101LogBde Comd Log 3(UK)Div / 101LogBde

Another beautiful sunset at sea while HMS MIDDLETON operated in the Central Arabian Gulf.

Our mission is to promote peace, stability and support the safe transit of merchant shipping in the region.

#GlobalModernReady #OpKIPION

Our Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Lt Cdr Klepacz, would like to wish all Naval Nurses a Merry Christmas! 🎄 ☃️

#OpKIPION Royal Navy Nurses ⚓️ #Christmas Royal Navy

Crew 🎱 were recently back out in the Central Arabian Gulf practicing gunnery.

This ensures we keep our Gunnery Teams up to date on their skills so they are ready for anything!

#GlobalModernReady #OpKIPION

Last month we held a ceremony on board to celebrate MTXG Crew 1 receiving the Surface Flotilla Excellence award in recognition of our versatility and hardworking ethos over the course of 2023 🎉

A very proud moment for MTXG Crew 1

#OpKIPION #GlobalModernReady

Where in the world are some of the most important shipping routes?          
The Royal Navy maintains an enduring presence in the #Gulf , contributing to #MaritimeSecurity to safeguard UK interests 🇬🇧 and those of our international partners
#OpKIPION

Ship's Company took a hard earned opportunity to engage in some Adventurous Training whilst alongside in Dubai. 😃 Stand Up Paddleboarding around the 7⭐️ Burj Al Arab was quite a special experience. (1 of 3)
#rnat #rnnavyfit #OpKIPION

.HMS Lancaster has intercepted two boats within 24 hours carrying total c£33 million worth of heroin, hashish and crystal meth.

Drugs were seized by the ship's boarding teams while operating in the Gulf of Oman. #CTF150 #OpKipion

Unique experience for the Ship’s Company to have the Minister of the Armed Forces Rt Hon James Heappey MP on board serving scran 🍽🍝🥪🥞

#OpKipion Royal Navy