It’s news time, shipmates...

This week’s update comes from the Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor. We’ve also got news of a drugs bust for HMS Trent in the Caribbean, plus fjord sorties in Norway for 815 Naval Air Squadron.

Portuguese? Yes please.

HMS Cutlass made her longest voyage yet: a 400-mile round-trip from her home in Gibraltar to train with the Portuguese Navy in the Algarve. 🇬🇧 🇵🇹

It's the first time in 6 years that the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron has worked with Marinha .

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Landing the punch of the Royal Marines ashore...

Up to six new amphibious warships are to be built to support commando operations around the globe, while current amphibious flagships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark will remain in service.

As we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we remember those who liberated Europe from Nazi tyranny and ensured our freedom.

👉 Find out more about the commemorations: ow.ly/Tjv550REEcC

Today marks the start of a new golden age of British shipbuilding.

At the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power conference I’ll set out how we’ll build 28 ships & submarines for the Royal Navy in the UK

Including up to 6 new warships to ensure our Commandos can fight & win for generations

Medical Assistants celebrated the branch’s long history with their first ever symposium and mess dinner at HMS Raleigh.

#RoyalNavy submarine hunters joined forces with NATO allies to test their skills against threats on and beneath the waves. HMS Portland, 814 NAS and tanker RFA Tidesurge were joined by submarines, warships and aircraft from 10 nations.

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#RoyalMarines tested the defences of newest NATO member, Sweden. In the strategically important Gothenburg Archipelago, Commandos trained with Swedish counterparts before the two allies went head-to-head in a test of mettle.

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Sailors and Royal Marines paraded through the streets of Poole in Dorset, to celebrate HMS Cattistock being granted the freedom of the Borough of Poole.

Liberté, égalité, interopérabilité...

The Marine nationale helped deliver ammo to @HMS_Tamar to sustain the patrol ship on her #IndoPacific deployment – the first time the RN has turned to its French ally for logistical help in the region.🇬🇧🇫🇷

Are you ready to enter a new dimension?

Not the Twilight Zone, but the new £27m VR/3D bridge simulators HMS Collingwood, Britannia Royal Naval College and HM Naval Base Clyde which recreate seas, harbours, weathers and manoeuvres with stunning accuracy.

At the heart of NATO...

This week’s news update comes from NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum - JFCBS where our sailors and Royal Marines oversee the planning and execution of operations across North West Europe.

Terrific Trent strikes again..

#RoyalNavy patrol ship HMS Trent took their running total to over £500m as they seized more than £200m of cocaine in their fifth Caribbean drugs bust since deploying there in December.

Today we remember the 20 men killed when HMS Sheffield became the first Royal Navy warship to be lost to enemy action since #WW2 .

#OTD in 1982, the Type 42 destroyer was part of the covering screen for the #Falklands task force when she was struck by an Exocet missile.

A door from the central citadel of HMS Campbeltown has been partially restored and can be seen in French Museum, Musée le Grand Blockhausan, in an exhibition championing the deeds of those who attacked the docks at St Nazaire.

Taking the fight to knife crime...

#RoyalMarines and Royal Navy sailors put youngsters from Leeds through a tough fitness session as part of efforts to tackle knife crime.

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The Royal Navy website is the winner of The Webby Awards in the Corporate Communications category!

An outstanding achievement made possible thanks to the work and long-standing collaboration with our partner agency Great State.

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“The Commando Mindset is the single most important thing we have, don’t doubt it. Nurture it. Be the first to understand. The first to adapt. The first to overcome.'

Find out what it means to be a Commando: youtube.com/watch?v=EBj_GD…

Best of luck to the Royal Navy Rugby Men's and Women's teams in their Army Vs Navy game at Twickenham Stadium this Saturday!

#ArmyVsNavy

Extending Hans across the ocean – Royal and German Navies step up training ties.

The Royal and German Navies are to step up their 66-year partnership preparing the latter’s warships for front-line action worldwide.