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Sunday, 1 March 2020

Visit to HMS Prince of Wales at Liverpool 1st March 2020

Paid a visit to the HMS Prince of Wales today and it was impressive, the public were only "allowed" into the hangar area/deck which was a shame but there was plenty to see and do! The whole event was very well organised considering 13K free tickets for the event went within an hour!! The weather was 100% better than the day she arrived.

HMS Prince of Wales will leave the Mersey on the 6th March and hopefully in the future we will get to see and visit her sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth

Friday, 28 February 2020

HMS Prince of Wales at Liverpool

The Royal Navies 2nd Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales R09 has made her maiden call to Liverpool today, she will be at the Pierhead until the 6th March and is open to the public for 2 days over this coming weekend!! all the tickets have now gone.

Weather was bloody awful!!

HMS Prince of Wales


HMS Charger

HMS Prince of Wales

Sunday, 12 January 2020

RFA Fort Victoria A387 leaving Merseyside 12-01-2020

Royal fleet Auxiliary vessel RFA Fort Victoria has finally left the Cammel Lairds yard today after undergoing extensive refit and modification work which spanned most of 2019, she will now take up her role as a support vessel for the new QE class carriers,bieng able to supply both fuel and dry stores

RFA Fort Victoria

Saturday, 11 January 2020

RFA Tidesurge arrives on the Mersey for planned maintainance at Cammel Lairds 10/01/2020

The 3rd vessel of the 4 new Tide class replenishment/tankers RFA Tidesurge arrived on Merseyside today, she has gone into the Cammel Lairds yard for her first maintainance period, following her sister vessels RFA Tidespring and RFA Tiderace.

Saturday, 21 December 2019

RFA Tidespring leaving Liverpool

"new" fleet tanker RFA Tidespring left Liverpool on the 17th December 2019 after a short stay on the Pierhead after her reit/service in Cammel Lairds,

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/Tidespring

RFA Tidespring`s Twitter

RFA Tidespring

Monday, 16 December 2019

Royal Fleet auxilliary vessels on the Mersey

After a "lengthy" refit in Cammel Lairds RFA Tidespring emerged from the yard a few days ago and now sits berthed on the CLT at Liverpool pierhead, The remaining vessels of the "Birkenhead navy" still reside in the West Float dock, Birkenhead, RFA Fort Austin and RFA Fort Rosalie. RFA Fort Victoria remains at Cammel Lairds but has moved from dry dock to the wet basin which may indicate she will be leaving soon to start supporting the new QE class carriers for which she has undergone substantial upgrades.