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HMS Somerset is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the eleventh ship of the class to join the fleet since 1989. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd on the River Clyde, in Scotland and was launched in June 1994 by Lady Elspeth Layard, wife of then 2nd Sea Lord Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command Admiral Sir Michael Layard. She entered service in 1996. Lady Layard is the ship's sponsor. She is named after the Dukedom of Somerset.
The fourth Somerset to serve in the Royal Navy, she has inherited four battle honours from previous ships of the name; Vigo Bay (1702), Velez Malaga (1704), Louisburg (1758) and Quebec (1759). The previous ships all served during the 18th century and ensured that the name Somerset played a significant part in that period of naval history.
Somerset's home port is HMNB Devonport. The ship has the Freedom of the City of Wells and is also affiliated with the County of Somerset, the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the 2nd and 4th Battalions of The Rifles (inherited from affiliation with the Royal Green Jackets), TS Weston and TS Queen Elizabeth Sea Cadet Units, Downside, Baytree and Helles Schools, Bridgwater College and the Somerset Legion House of The Royal British Legion. The 19th Duke of Somerset takes a keen interest in the ship and is a regular visitor, and the ship also hosted Harry Patch, Simon Weston (in place of Johnson Beharry) and Marcus Trescothick whilst docked at Avonmouth for a remembrance service to launch the 2008 British Legion Poppy Appeal.[2]
Operational history[edit]
In 2007, the first at-sea firing trials of the UK Royal Navy's new 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun system were completed by Somerset.[3]
On 18 February 2009, Somerset sailed from Devonport as part of the Taurus 09 deployment under Commander UK Amphibious Task Group, Commodore Peter Hudson. She was joined on this deployment by landing platform dock Bulwark, as Hudson's flagship, landing platform helicopter Ocean, Type 23 frigate Argyll and four ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[4]
In June 2009, she took part in exercise Bersama Shield with Ocean and RFA Wave Ruler off the Malay Peninsula.[5]
In May 2010 she sailed for Operation Telic conducted boarding operations and oil platform protection operations in the Persian Gulf.
On 3 May 2012, she began a refit at the Devonport Royal Dockyard operated by the Babcock International Group. The refit was expected to take 9 months.[6] She took part in Exercise Joint Warrior 2013.[7] In January 2015, HMS Somerset took part in the search for the crew of the Cyprus-registered cement carrier Cemfjord, which had capsized in the Pentland Firth.[8]
On 23 April 2015, with the Border Force cutter Valiant, she intercepted the Tanzanian-registered tug Hamal in the North Sea about 100 miles off Aberdeen, leading to the seizure of more than three tons of cocaine, believed to be at the time the single largest seizure of a Class A drug in the UK.[9] It was announced that she would provide security for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting along with HMS Bulwark.
In Autumn 2015, she carried out security patrols in support of the European Heads of Government meeting in Malta.
In November 2015, she visited Valencia - the first Royal Navy ship to do so in a number of years.[11] While there, she met a delegation led by Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián, the Central Government Representative for the Valencia region, and hosted a lunch to thank representatives of various Armed Forces charities for their work.[11] In December 2015, she returned to port after performing guard duties at the 2015 CHOGM.[
In March 2016, as the Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov a tanker and a tug entered the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone, they were intercepted and escorted by Somerset.
Name:HMS Somerset
Operator:Royal Navy
Ordered:January 1992
Builder:Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down:12 October 1992
Launched:25 June 1994
Sponsored by:Lady Layard
Commissioned:20 September 1996
Refit:Major 2012-2013
Homeport:HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Motto:
Foy pour Devoir
"Faith for Duty"
Status:in active service
Badge:Hms Somerset badge.gif
General characteristics
Class and type:Type 23 Frigate
Displacement:4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[1]
Length:133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam:16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught:7.3 m (23 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
CODLAG:
Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000 shp)
Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Speed:In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement:185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32:
Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-10 km)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers
Anti-submarine torpedoes:
2 × Twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Guns:
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns
2 × Miniguns
4 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:
1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4 × Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or
2 × anti submarine torpedoes
or
1 × Westland Merlin HM1, armed with;
4 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck
Enclosed hangar
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Aircraft: Lockheed Martin F-16C-30-CF Falcon (86-0345)
Unit: 120th Fighter Squadron
Base: Buckley AFB, CO
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USAF B-52 61-0029 exits the runway at Fairford with its parachute still billowing behind, having just arrived from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana to take part in the flying display at the 2023 Royal International Air Tattoo.
Aircraft: United States Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 61-0029/BD from 93th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Wing.
Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.
C-17 Globemaster IIIs deploy flares over the Nevada Test and Training Range during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B Dec. 6, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Spangler/Released)
A Belted Kingfisher comes in for a landing on a pylon in the Sumas River at the Barrowtown Pumphouse.
Variation on the Macro Mondays theme: "When I was a child..."
When I was growing up I was an Army Brat and lived on and off base in several places. Naturally I loved my toy soldiers and spent hours playing with them in the sandy soil of the various flower beds around our houses.
Pictured is a soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, on the streets of West London with an armed member of the Metropolitan Police as part of Op TEMPERER, providing security and reassuring the public.
Operation TEMPERER – the mobilisation plan for military support to the police service in response to a major terrorist attack.
It is an established security plan by the Government which aims to help protect civilians at times of high terror threat when the official national threat level is raised to critical...Military personnel are deployed alongside the police at nominated sites to provide additional protective security. . .They backfilled existing armed guarding roles filled by armed police units, thereby releasing armed police officers to support the wider incident response...During this deployment, soldiers were working under police command and replaced or supplemented armed police officers to guard major sites such as rail stations, Parliament, embassies and Buckingham Palace.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 11, 2021) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) conduct flight operations with an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, is deploying to Europe. At least four trains have transported the division through Columbia, SC to the port at Charleston, SC for deployment overseas. Here, a long train mostly consisting of M-1 Abrams and M-2 Bradleys waits at the Amtrak Station in Columbia, SC for traffic to clear.
White-tailed eagle making a pass at some carrion. The eagles are fed daily throughout the winter at this site in Białowieża Forest. This not only helps the several pairs in the area get through the winter and increases the chances of them breeding the following year, but also means that they are regular visitors to the hide. We followed strict precautions to ensure they were not disturbed, entering the hide before sunrise and leaving after sunset when the eagles had left to roost.
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, and The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, perform security duties at 10 Downing Street alongside armed officers of the Metropolitan Police as part of Op TEMPERER.
Operation TEMPERER – the mobilisation plan for military support to the police service in response to a major terrorist attack.
It is an established security plan by the Government which aims to help protect civilians at times of high terror threat when the official national threat level is raised to critical...Military personnel are deployed alongside the police at nominated sites to provide additional protective security. . .They backfilled existing armed guarding roles filled by armed police units, thereby releasing armed police officers to support the wider incident response...During this deployment, soldiers were working under police command and replaced or supplemented armed police officers to guard major sites such as rail stations, Parliament, embassies and Buckingham Palace.
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MCRF (Mobile Communications Relay Frame) Parrot Type
The Parrot is a heavy armored frame equipped with 2 SUR racks (Single Use Rockets) for long-range combat. They are frequently deployed to remote regions where construction is inhibited by combat or climate. When stationary, the Parrot can deploy an anchor cable system to lock itself into place, then raise a system of powerful microwave masts. These act as a communications relay for long-distance transmissions between mission command and front line, or behind-lines fire teams.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2020) The dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7), right, sends ordnance to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea Feb. 4, 2020. The Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh)
A close-up view of the U.S. flag deployed on the moon at the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the crewmen of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. The crescent Earth can be seen in the far distant background above the flag. The lunar feature in the near background is South Massif. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module "Challenger" to explore the lunar surface, astronaut Ronald E. Evans remained with the Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: AS17-134-20466
Date: December 12, 1972
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) USS America (LHA 6) steams in formation with the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erica Bechard)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 20, 2023) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the “Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin McTaggart) 230420-N-DU622-1154
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 29, 2020) Aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 participate in an air power demonstration, showcasing firepower capability and maneuverability while at sea in the Indo-Pacific region. Events included formation flybys, high-speed aerial turns and rocket shoots by CVW-5 aircraft, and a 5-inch gun shoot from guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54). CVW-5 is currently embarked on the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United Sates, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Oswald Felix Jr.
You voted, and this week’s Top Corps Shot and February photo of the month comes from Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Alan Gragg. Gragg managed to capture this shot during an insertion training exercise with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Gragg said he had never seen a helicopter that close to the water, and actually had to underexpose the shot to see through the cloud of water. “As a photographer, it's always a great feeling to be able to capture the moments that people may have had trouble seeing in real-time,” he said.
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Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct insertion exercises from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter into a combat rubber raiding craft. The 11th MEU is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Gragg)
No matter how many EVAs you do, it’s NEVER just casual when you venture outside of the space station. After all, it’s the most extreme environment human beings have ever been exposed to. Shane, the team and myself are focused for round 3 today
Peu importe le nombre de fois où on sort de la Station spatiale, ça ne devient JAMAIS une routine. C’est quand même l’environnement le plus extrême auquel l'être humain ait jamais été exposé. Shane, l’équipe et moi : tout le monde est entièrement concentré pour le match 3.
Credits: JAXA/NASA–A. Hoshide
421E5468 IROSA deploy in progress
INDIAN OCEAN (July 3, 2015) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), conducts air operations off the western coast of Australia. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S Navy photo by Captain George Doyon/ Released)