What else would you do on a glorious day at sea on the South Coast?☀️ Our Force Protection weapons have been upgraded to Heavy Machine Gun, so it's time for Gunnery. 💥 Prove the Weapons 💪 Practice drills and skills #SmallShipsBigImpact #HurworthHunts

Our Swimmer of the Watch trained in beautiful yet chilly conditions.🥶 If a sailor falls overboard, swift recovery by a swimmer could be our most efficient way to recover them. For safety tips at sea, check out RNLI: rnli.org/safety #SmallShipsBigImpact #HurworthHunts

Today, we Dress Ship overall to celebrate the 56 countries that make up the Commonwealth family. 🤝 Connected through friendship. 💪 Diversity is our greatest strength. #SmallShipsBigImpact #Family #CommonwealthDay

Today, our Divers are training with their Closed Circuit Mixed Gas Underwater Breathing Apparatus aka Clearance Diver Life Saving Equipment (CDLSE). 🤿 Depth work-up training 🐸 Integrating new team members Thanks Diving & Threat Exploitation Group for your support👍 #SmallShipsBigImpact JFD Global

BZ to our Leading Communications Information Systems specialist for acing his Professional Examination for Petty Officer! 🎉📚 His dedication and hard work truly paid off. #SmallShipsBigImpact #AlwaysBeASailor #Recognition #STEM #Engineer HMS Collingwood

Today we depart HMNB Portsmouth and commence preparations for FOST Royal Navy Operational Sea Training. We train to ensure we are ready to conduct Mine Warfare operations worldwide and defeat enemy mining, ultimately in times of War. 📸George Emmett #SmallShipsBigImpact #HurworthHunts

We took a short break from our training today to sail past Tall Ships Youth Trust Challenger3 who were looking good in some very foggy conditions. It also meant our Ops Officer got to wave hello to his son 👋 #SmallShipsBigImpact #TogetherOnWater British Youth Sailing UK Sail Training The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

🚨Casualty, Casualty, Casualty. Moving an injured sailor around the ship or up and down ladders requires skill, and a whole team effort.💪 To sustain on operations we must deliver timely and effective medical care.🩺 #SmallShipsBigImpact Commodore Alison Hofman Institute Of Naval Medicine Defence Medical Services

After some challenging weather 🌊 over the last few days, we have arrived in HM Naval Base Clyde A great 📷 of us transiting the Firth of Clyde this morning by Sheila Weir Let the final FOST Royal Navy Operational Sea Training preparations commence. 🧽 🧹 📋 #SmallShipsBigImpact #HurworthHunts

Get in touch if you would like us to send you a Storybook Waves recording kit for your ship. @HMsBangor @HMS_Pembroke HMS Penzance HMS Chiddingfold HMS Ledbury HMS Brocklesby HMS Hurworth HMS Middleton @HMS_Tyne @HMSSevern @HMS_Mersey HMS Forth HMS Medway

Well done HMS Hurworth - we like exercises! Royal Navy Navy Lookout #minehunter #navy #naval #shipping #firthofclyde #hmnbclyde

Our training for operations has stepped up a gear with FOST Royal Navy putting us through our paces: 🪝Emergency towing. 💦Recovery from major damage. 💥Warfighting and survival. 🪖Advanced Gunnery. #SmallShipsBigImpact #HurworthHunts Royal Navy in Scotland 📷1 David Swan 📷2 Iain Cameron

"Silence on Deck" 🤫 Fog/mist doesn't stop us from sailing. 💪 Whilst we use GPS 🛰️, we must always validate our position with other navigation techniques 🧭 🔭 The recent #AuroraBorealis reminded us not to rely solely on GPS. #HurworthHunts Royal Institute of Navigation #SmallShipsBigImpact

In Mine Warfare, understanding and exploiting the environment is crucial. 📉 🗺️ Our specialists collect and interpret bathymetry and velocity of sound (VOS) data to optimise sonar performance, a process we call VOS Dipping. #HurworthHunts #SmallShipBigImpact UK Hydrographic Office

Another watch, another Seafox 🦊 Our Mine Disposal System allows us to inspect, identify and dispose of sea mines. 🔍 > 🆔 > 💥 We train hard to ensure we can effectively deploy this system 24/7. #HurworthHunts #SmallShipsBigImpact ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK

The Officer of the Watch (OOW) had an easy task hovering the ship last night. Using a combination of our bow thruster and forward/astern propulsion, the OOW holds the ship steady when deploying our divers and SeaFox safely. #HurworthHunts #SmallShipsBigImpact Royal Navy in Scotland

Royal Navy exercises at Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute. HMS Hurworth blowing up things. Not quite as spectacular as the German WW2 mine a few years ago.(Pic 4) Although I did miss the the very 1st moments of the blast🤦🏼 Navy Lookout Royal Navy in Scotland Royal Navy

That's a wrap!🫡 Yesterday we returned to HMNB Portsmouth and were guided in safely by KHM Portsmouth. Today Crew 3 handed over HMS Hurworth to Crew 5. Now for some hard earned leave. 🛌💤 #SmallShipsBigImpact #HurworthHunts