Both vessels, which can deploy Marines from sea to shore, were due to be scrapped despite receiving upgrades in recent years.

An exciting launch for Plymouth Armed Forces Day has seen a high-speed commando race take place across the sound on Thursday (March 20) 100 days before the celebration takes place on Plymouth Hoe. The ...

Now research is being done to see if there is science behind the theory that taking an ice-cold dip can help tackle ...

He also met 100-year-old D-Day veteran Norman Ashford, a coxswain on a landing craft who did numerous runs up Gold Beach. Mr Ashford is affectionately known by today’s Royal Marines as Grandad ...

across Plymouth Sound National Marine Park in their new Commando Raiding Craft, flying the Armed Forces and sponsor’s flag. After landing on the Hoe foreshore, the Royal Marines climbed the 70ft ...

In March 1982, Keith Mills was one of a small number of Royal Marines already stationed ... been sighted off Cape Pembroke and there are landing craft approaching and then you could hear firing ...

Once the Royal Marines secured the coastline, the Netherlands Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) conducted their own amphibious landing. Meanwhile, Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters engaged simulated enemy ...

1 March-26 April COLLECT 2025: Head to Somerset House to browse contemporary craft and design pieces ... The Massed Bands of His Majesty's Royal Marines give three concerts at the Royal Albert ...

According to him, as DG Platforms, they have during research discovered that Nigerian Navy’s NNS KADA was the world’s best Landing Craft and so they were interested in taking a tour of it to ...

The landing force included U.S. Marines from the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion aboard Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 Landing Crafts Air Cushion (LCAC) launched from Comstock; as well as ...

Former commando Jamie Grant, of Pershore, raises about £13,000 for The Royal Marines Charity. Royal Marines scaled up walls and crossed Plymouth Sound on high-speed boats during an exercise.

The RAF said today that the Royal Navy ... vehicles and 225 marines. This isn't the first time the Aleksandr Shabalin has been seen in British waters. In January, the landing ship was ...