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Harland and Wolff Royal Navy contract sparks "slagging" row between MPs

Former Labour defence minister appears to question Belfast yard's capacity

Belfast Live

Tories boast they'll let Brits make the CURTAINS - for £1.6bn Spanish-built warships

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that while the lead Spanish firm would make the back end of the vessels, UK staff would be allowed to manufacture the curtains

Daily Mirror

Ben Wallace: Royal Navy supply ship contract will ‘grow jobs’ at shipyard

The deal with the Spanish-backed group will see work primarily go to Harland and Wolff in Belfast but also to Methil in Fife.

The Independent UK

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Safety fears as UK Trident submarines are put to sea for longest-ever patrols

Report says submarines were deployed for five months as former commander warns of risk to sailors

The Guardian - UK

Faslane military site is decorated with colourful new mural

Glasgow-based artist “Barry the Cat” – real name Barry Jenkins – merged myth, nature, and the Royal Navy’s cutting edge submarines for the final mural which encapsulates the Silent Service.

Daily Record

easyJet and BA cancellations at Glasgow Airport amidst bomb scare

easyJet, British Airways and LoganAir have all cancelled flights to or from Glasgow Airport this morning, when Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews and Royal Navy Bomb Disposal teams checked out a suspicious item

Daily Mirror

Sailors dig out world’s most remote post office in Antarctic

The isolated base was hit by heavy snowfall.

The Independent UK

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HMS Glasgow takes to water for first time

The first of the Royal Navy’s new frigates took to the River Clyde in Glasgow on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Fisherman nets chart uncovering piece of the River Forth history

“The existence of the Admiralty map shows that the Forth was deemed important enough to commission the Royal Navy to survey the river right up to Stirling."

Daily Record

Royal Navy chief defends service’s handling of sex abuse allegations

Inquiry launched last month into ‘abhorrent’ claims of inappropriate behaviour

The Independent UK

I was doing anti-drug operations for the Navy but ignoring serious symptoms - then I got a devastating diagnosis

'When the results came back, they didn’t know how I’d even managed to walk into the building'

Manchester Evening News

Edinburgh Castle flies flag at half-mast in poignant tribute to senior officer

Lord Michael Boyce, the former submariner, First Sea Lord, and Chief of the Defence Staff died on Sunday November 6 at the age of 79.

Edinburgh Live

Survivors of 1987 Zeebrugge ferry disaster speak of horror 35 years on

After the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized, 193 people - including Miles Southgate's best friend Martin Spooner - were killed

Daily Mirror

British warship is 166 years old and haunted by demonic spirits, ghost hunters fear

HMS Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria's Royal Navy in the 19th century, but today it plays host to weddings and parties. One ghost hunter, however, thinks something more sinister lies beneath its decks

Daily Mirror

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US, European Aircraft Carriers Conduct Joint Naval Operations

The aircraft carriers, USS Gerald Ford and the USS George Bush, are now engaged in a regularly scheduled multination operation to showcase the cohesion and interoperability of participants, the US Department of Defense announced on Friday. Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon press secretary, told reporters that the two American carrier…

Daily Record

Royal congratulations for Lanarkshire man on his 100th birthday

Gordon Cowan lives in Rutherglen

Reuters

Britain says drone circles vessel in Gulf of Oman after strike on tanker

Britain's maritime agency said a drone circled a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, three days after an Iranian-made drone attacked a tanker in the region.

Birmingham Post

Shipbuilding returns to Belfast with £1.6 billion Harland & Wolff deal

The deal is expected to see 900 jobs created at the Belfast yard

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Belfast Live

Harland and Wolff boss hails Royal Navy deal as return of shipbuilding to Belfast

"Belfast will have an engineering history again"

The National (Scotland)

Kirsty Strickland: FMQs leaves us seasick over shipbuilding

AHOY there matey! Let’s set sail together towards FMQs, where a land of bitter squabbles and torturous puns awaits.

Autosport

National novelties: US and Canadian teams head to Anglesey and British GT champion in Mini

From some long-distance travellers to a British GT champion swapping to a slightly less powerful car, here are some of the unusual national motorsport stories from last weekend

Birmingham Post

Tyneside shipyard A&P misses out on major navy contract

The North East shipbuilder says it hopes to win other work coming from the National Shipbuilding Strategy

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Centcom Says Iranian-made Drone Hit Tanker Off Oman

An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, US Central Command said in a statement, adding that a multilateral maritime operation led by a British Royal Navy frigate had responded to the area. An Israeli official had blamed Iran…

Reuters

U.S. Centcom says Iranian-made drone hit Pacific Zircon tanker off Oman

An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that a multilateral maritime operation led by a British Royal Navy frigate had responded to the area.

Birmingham Post

Royal Navy support ships to be built at Devon’s Appledore shipyard

The site’s owners Harland and Wolff and Bath-based design consultancy BMT are part of group that has secured a £1.6bn contract from the Ministry of Defence

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