HMS Ocean conducts first-time operations of Wildcat helicopter

The UK Royal Navy's latest helicopter, the Wildcat, has landed on the HMS Ocean for the first time during Exercise Joint Warrior in the North Sea.
The attack helicopter was commissioned last year at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset, and began its operational deployment at sea this year.
The new helicopters are scheduled to replace the Lynx helicopter.
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HMS Illustrious takes final bow

HMS Illustrious – the last of the Royal Navy’s Invincible-class aircraft carriers – was decommissioned at Portsmouth Naval Base on August 28, marking the end of her 32-year career.
The ship’s White Ensign was lowered for the final time during the decommissioning ceremony in front of hundreds of guests, ending an era which began with the launch of her sister ship HMS Invincible in 1977.
Illustrious is being replaced as the nation’s helicopter carrier by HMS Ocean which has just undergone refit. She will eventually be replaced by two new 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers being built for the Navy – HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
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Royal Navy to refit HMS Ocean landing platform helicopter (LPH)

HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy’s largest warship which played a starring role during the London 2012 Olympics, will receive a £65M upgrade, the MoD announced today.

Her upgrade will be carried out at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth and will be the largest upkeep programme of its kind to be carried out at the docks in more than 20 years.

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La fuerza anfibia de la Royal Navy, realiza maniobras en Estados Unidos/ Royal Navy's Amphibious Task Group heads for USA

El buque anfibio de la Royal Navy HMS Albion, lidera la fuerza de maniobra que zarpó del puerto de Davenport en dirección a Estados Unidos para participar en las maniobras internacionales "Auriga". Los ejercicios "Auriga", tienen cuatro meses de duración e involucara a Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y Francia. La Royal Navy despliega además el portahelicópteros HMS Ocean.
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The Royal Navy's amphibious flagship HMS Albion, leading the UK's amphibious Task Group, left Devonport last week to meet up with the Auriga multinational Naval Task Group off the east coast of the USA.
The Auriga deployment is a joint maritime operational exercise lasting four months involving the UK, US and French navies. HMS Albion and the UK's amphibious Task Group, including the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean will be joining the Task Group for exercises with the United States Marine Corps and Navy.
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