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I have been in the Navy for nearly three years and as you can probably tell I am enjoying being on Richmond immensely. I joined after going to university in London. On completing my training at Dartmo…
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Latest Blog from LAC Doyle
Hello All, By the time this is uploaded, I will have completed my first shift at my very first clinical placement. I have been allocated to a Day Surgery Unit, which is where people come to have the …
HMS Richmond Blog by Lt RN Ben Manktelow
The last week has seen us continue with our trials with satisfactory results for our main air search radar. We had a variety of aircraft from Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose flying up to 20,000 ft ove…
Ballet moves and fog horns…
After the first week of rough weather the ship was ready to take on more trials. We managed to get our Marine Engineering trials complete after the second day back at sea, much to the relief of their …
A Busy Month for Alex
Hello, Did you see The Royal Star & Garter Home – Solihull on BBC One on Thursday 5th July? It was really interesting watch and although Tony Robinson (the celebrity who stayed there) had some is…
Week 1 at sea – Truly Testing Times
Our first week of trials has been productive if not without its set-backs. We eventually sailed with all our machinery working into what we knew would be rough weather. We just didn’t quite know how r…
HMS Richmond Blog by Lt RN Ben Manktelow
“The seventh, and current, HMS Richmond (F239) is the 10th of 16 Type 23 Duke Class Frigates to join the Royal Navy. She was built at Swan Hunter Shipbuilders on the Tyne, laid down on 16 February 19…
Preventing Dehydration in our Residents
At The Royal Star & Garter Homes we are so pleased to see that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh was well enough to return home for his 91st birthday following 5 days in hospital and is well on the road t…