✅ 3x Locks ✅ 2x Bridges ✅ 70nm Inshore Route HMS Biter HMS Blazer HMS Example HMS Puncher completed an inshore transit through the IJsselmeer to arrive in Amsterdam 🇳🇱 from the East! #Inshorenavigation #NoLocktooTight #CFSOverseas2022 UK in NL🇬🇧🇳🇱 Commander Jamie Wells RN

With BLAZ as the guide we departed Amsterdam 🇳🇱 and waved 👋 goodbye to our Netherlands at NATO and #JEFTogether allies Koninklijke Marine this morning and proceeded southwest to @Port_Zeebrugge Belgian Navy 🇧🇪 🇧🇪 and our penultimate stop... #CFSOverseas2022 Commander Jamie Wells RN

What a view! #sunrise at sea sailing from @Port_Zeebrugge Pompey revs! #JEFTogether #Coastalforcessquadron #Smallshipsbigimpact #CFSOverseas2022 #Settheexample HMS Blazer HMS Biter HMS Puncher HMNB Portsmouth

Tak skal du have Denmark! 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Aalborg, Thyboron and Esjberg. Brilliant country, Wonderful people. Thank you for the hospitality. Can you spot EXPRESS near the famous 🧜‍♀️ in Copenhagen? #CFSOverseas2022 #UKinDenmark #DanishMFA #JEFtogether

Thank you to Kiel and Cuxhaven for hosting us for the last week! We've found our old friend HMS EXPRESS in Helgoland as we begin our return to the UK! UK in Germany @CdrRSkelton #ANewForeignShorewithP294

And so to pastures new. Today I have handed over Coastal Forces Squadron to @CdrRSkelton. Thank you to the great people doing great things #smallshipsbigimpact #globalmodernready

SACEUR RECOGNITION AWARD 🏅 A Royal Navy officer at LANDCOM? It's true, and we have the best one! CDR Cecil James Ladislaus 🇬🇧 was presented the SACEUR Recognition Award by LANDCOM commander U.S. Army LGEN Roger Cloutier Jr. 🇺🇸 and CSEL Canadian Army CWO Georges Martin 🇨🇦

Royal Navy personnel paused to remember Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as they took part in memorial services across the country.

A pleasure to host @CdreMelRobinson onboard TRUMPETER yesterday to allow her to fly her pennant at sea. We also hosted Baroness Sater to show her the capabilities of #CFS and the P2000s. #MakingDreamsComeTrueOnboardaP2 HMS President @CdrRSkelton

Busy day on the #Solent for navigation training - looks like we were doing opposite runs around our 🇺🇲 U.S. 2nd Fleet visitor MEGA GAMING CLUB , T.S. Jack Petchey Sea Cadets !

"How much does a P2000 weigh? Enough to break the ice. Hi, nice to see you hms_albion" 🇬🇧 HMS Puncher and HMS Archer met up with hms_albion at sea today whilst participating in #JointWarrior. Looking forward to seeing other Ship's from The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) and NATO Maritime Command

Meet the newest member of the team! After a busy day of operations on #JointViking23 we found something to do with the snow we’d cleared out of the way ☃️ Any name suggestions?

First came the snow ❄️. Today, Lightning ⚡️⚡️ struck Coastal Forces Sqn. As we exercised with hms_albion and The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partners, we got our first interaction with NATO F35 Strike Fighters.

🇳🇴 Thank you to Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret, Sjøforsvaret and Royal Norwegian Air Force for hosting forces from The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). Training together with #JEF and #NATO allies increases our preparedness and our collective capabilities. 🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸🇱🇻🇱🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇪🇬🇧 #StrongerTogether #JEFtogether #JointViking23 #JW23

Can you spot the ships under the snow 👀❄️ Another great day enhancing our cold weather skills and drills, operating with Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) #JointViking23

🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 Norwegian, Netherlands & UK forces demonstrating how we work together in the high north, as part of #JointWarrior and #JointViking23. Featuring: #HNoMSSkjold, #HNoMSUredd, Royal Navy CFS, hms_albion and Royal Norwegian Air Force 332 Sqn. #JEFtogether #JEF #StrongerTogether #NATO

Another busy day on operations with Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret 🇳🇴, and you can’t beat this for a view! #ginners

During recent manoeuvre drills HMS Smiter caught this shot of us as we came in to close! We are looking forward to working again with Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret in just a few weeks 👀 stay tuned!

A little different to our usual home on the Forth! The rugged Norwegian landscape makes for excellent navigational practice! 🏔️ #CoastalForcesSquadron

In preparation for Ex Tamber Shield with 815 Naval Air Squadron HMS Archer and HMS PURSUER have been navigating in the Norwegian Fjords, with a little help from the Navigators of Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret #CoastalForcesSquadron