HMS Express (P163) as seen through former HMS Medusa’s forward gun. Medusa was the first Allied warship positioned off Omaha beach in Normandy, arriving on the of 5th June 1944, acting as a marker to show the entrance to a narrow swept channel #VE80 #VEDay80 #VEDay #RoyalNavy

During World War II, the first Coastal Forces headquarters was set up at HMS Vernon in 1940 under Rear Admiral Piers Kekewich, Flag Officer Coastal Forces. Altogether there were 2000 British Coastal Forces craft. Affectionately known as the Royal Navy's "little ships". #VE80 #CFS

Alongside in Guernsey, Express hosted a well attended ‘Street Party’ & memorial service to celebrate VE Day 80 & Liberation Day. #VE80 #VEDay80 #VEDay #RoyalNavy

Today marks the 85th anniversary of the evacuation of #Dunkirk👏🚢 64 of the original little ships left Ramsgate to return to the beaches to commemorate the occasion. Watch Tim Cooper get up close with the unique vessels behind the evacuation📺👇 youtu.be/fuTWvcTA5gU?fe…

Great to support Britannia Royal Naval College in the delivery of MARL. #maritime #leadership #HotOffEXPRESS

Future leaders in action. 👥🛥️⚓️🛟🗺️🧭 Demonstrating Resilience at sea 🌊 #FinalEndeavour Leadership✅ Teamwork✅ and Navigational Skills put to the test✅ Global🌎Modern🛜Ready✅ #LeadWithCourage #BRNC120 Royal Navy Royal Naval Leadership Academy Andrew Bray HMS EXPRESS

We recently hosted our XO’s son for a week of work experience. A potential future #RoyalNavy officer, Shea had a brilliant week experiencing life in the RN. Tor Bridge High Royal Navy Sir Martin Connell Vice Admiral Andrew Burns

Small ships. Big mission. HMS Dasher HMS EXPRESS HMS Puncher and HMS PURSUER sail for 10 weeks and 4 exercises with NATO and The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) from Germany to the Gulf of Finland to uphold regional security and stability. #strongertogether royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/augu…

From the North Sea to the Baltics. Beautiful weather for the 61 mile journey through the Kiel canal. In preparation for exercises with NATO & The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) HMS PURSUER #HotOffExpress #SmallShipBigImpact #RoyalNavy

Coastal Forces Squadron battled to a 6-3 victory over a combined NATO team. PUNCHER’s very own Dan Crewdson scored 4 of the 6. Thank you to HMS EXPRESS for organising. #themightyfist #NorthernCoasts25

A weekend of football for our visit to Kiel 🇩🇪 Yesterday we watched Holstein Kiel English in action and today we came together as CFS and played against #LatvianNavy 🇱🇻 & #EstonianNavy 🇪🇪 With CFS coming out 6-3 winners. NATO The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)

Coastal Forces Squadron (CFS) debuted their new football kit this weekend whilst deployed overseas! Whilst alongside Kiel Naval Base, CFS played a combined Latvian and Estonian team, coming away with a 6-3 win! #NAVYfit #royalnavy #royalmarines #football

Ex Northern Coasts complete. Working with JEF and NATO allies to deliver SURFEX training and Mine hunting capability thanks to embarked Mine & Threat Exploitation Group #NorthernCoasts25

💪 Small is mighty. HMS Express & HMS Pursuer have been in the Baltic Sea delivering surface warfare & mine hunting training with NATO. Alongside Puncher & Dasher, the P2000 patrol boats had personnel from the Mine Threat Exploitation Group embarked to carry out search missions

⚓️Royal Navy P2000's conduct maritime serials in the Gulf of Riga with the Latvian Navy and Coastguard. 🇱🇻🤝🇬🇧 Ex EASTERN SEA is part of the TARASSIS activities in the Baltic and High North. #JEFtogether #TARASSIS Latvian MFA 🇱🇻 | #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 Royal Navy

Unbelievable, JEF Fast patrol boats HMS EXPRESS HMS PURSUER HMS Dasher and HMS Puncher joined Latvian allies as part of a major The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) exercise to showcase resolve and work on combined tactics to protect Baltic waters and shores.🇬🇧🇱🇻 royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/sept…

Coffee ✅ Cake ✅ Church ✅ We recently hosted a Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning whilst alongside Tallinn. Raising a massive £385 for this fantastic charity. Thank you to our friends HMS PURSUER & HMS Puncher for making the day a success. Thanks also to Lt Hawke for his service.

Welcome to 🇪🇪 to four Royal Navy P2000 Coastal Patrol Ships - in the Baltic Sea as part of the The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) exercise Tarassis. Heading to 🇫🇮 next. 🇬🇧🇪🇪🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇱 #JEFtogether #allies #liitlased

EML Ugandi of the @Estonian_MoD leads the way exercising operational control of four Royal Navy patrol vessels in the Baltic during Exercise #Tarassis. 🚢🤝🚢 Find out more here ➡️: tinyurl.com/yc2zpzvb #JEFtogether

Tallinn scouts... HMS Puncher HMS PURSUER HMS EXPRESS and HMS Dasher linked up with the Estonian Defence Forces | Eesti Kaitsevägi to test a combined UK-Estonian naval force. 🇬🇧 🇪🇪 The P2000s are on the latest leg of their mission with The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), Ex Tarassis.