HMS Protector
@hmsprotector
#HMSProtector is the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship. We enable Antarctic 🇦🇶 co-operation, science and conservation. 🌊🚢🇬🇧
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We regularly work with the Royal Navy , and recently we welcomed Leading Hand Georgina Little from His Majesty’s Ship Protector to Bamfield, #BritishColumbia to learn how to do RHIOT, Canada-style!
Happy penguin day to all our feathery friends. British Antarctic Survey 🐧 UK Antarctic Heritage Trust Oceanites
Thank you to Capt Kris Drodge for hosting some of PRTR’s Warfare Bridge team at the Memorial University, Fisheries and Marine Institute. They particularly enjoyed using the engine room simulator and viewing your world class training facilities. Kris Drodge - Head, School of Maritime Studies, MI Memorial University
Thank you to Assistant Commissioner Ivany for welcoming HMS PROTECTOR to St. John’s, Newfoundland. We look forward to building on our continued relationship with the Canadian Coast Guard
Another Tuesday in the office. Water 30 degrees, BBQs flashed up, paddleboards paddled, banyan rig at the ready. #lifeasasailor
📽️Antarctica 2024.
#RoyalNavy ice patrol ship HMS Protector has completed her 2024 Antarctic mission. Patrolling the frozen continent, the ship carried out vital scientific, conservation and survey operations.
#BritishScienceWeek
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Prof Fay Couceiro from University of Portsmouth joined HMS Protector in Antarctica earlier this year to carry out research on the impact of tourism on the frozen continent.
A fantastic opportunity to support scientists’ mission in protecting our planet. #BSW24 Revolution Plastics Institute British Science Week
We are grateful to Canadian Coast Guard and Capt Simon Dockerill for providing ice expertise and training for our #Antarctic deployment. The partnership also enables Royal Navy crew to serve in CCG ships in the #Arctic to gain valuable polar navigation and icebreaking experience. 🇬🇧🇨🇦
#StandWithUkraine ...
Royal Navy ice breaker HMS Protector showed solidarity with Ukraine when they visited the nation’s remote research station in Antarctica ahead of the second anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion.
#SlavaUkraini
This week’s news comes from icy Antarctica where HMS Protector continues scientific and conservation work. We also have the latest on HMS Prince of Wales and new raiding craft for Royal Marines