This is the official X account for HMS Stirling Castle, mine countermeasures support ship and the Royal Navy's latest (but not newest) ship
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Great to have you onboard Steve. Thanks for everything you do for our history and culture - glad we could share!
Displayed onboard @HMS_Str_Castle -
Band of the hammock which saved the life of a German sailor to which he was clinging to when picked up by one of HMS Kent's boats after SMS Nurnberg sank. Only five were saved.
@_philharper @NavyLookout @WarshipCam @WarshipsIFR @seawaves_mag @UKDefJournal @UKForcesTracker
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HMS Stirling Castle and HMS Hurworth have become close! @HMS_Str_Castle @HMSHurworth @NavyLookout @WarshipCam @WarshipsIFR @seawaves_mag @UKDefJournal @UKForcesTracker
Yesterday, we formalised our third and final affiliation with the County of Surrey, the agreement was signed by our Commanding Officer and His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. Here's to a lasting partnership built on shared values, service, and community.
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.@HMS_Str_Castle returns to Portsmouth this evening on completion of exercise #SeaBreeze 2026-2.
Via @PortsmouthProud
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🇺🇦UNS Chernihiv rafts up with @HMS_Str_Castle for a replenishment-at-sea evolution in Weymouth Bay during Exercise #SeaBreeze 26-2
Photo: US Navy 21/7/26
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Sailors from @HMS_Str_Castle conduct mine countermeasures training in Weymouth Bay during exercise #SeaBreeze 26-2.
(Photos: US Navy 21/7/26)
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HMS Stirling Castle and HMS Hurworth are taking part in US/Ukranian-led Exercise Sea Breeze 2026.
SNMCMG1, Ukranian Navy minehunters and 815 NAS Wildcat helicopters are also participating.
(Src: @NATO_MARCOM, @UA_NAVY, @815NAS)
ALT Ukrainian minehunters lead British, French, Romanian and Lithuanian minehunters. Credit: Ukrainian Navy
ALT 815 NAS Wildcat conducts WINCHEX with ORP Mewa. Credit: 815 Naval Air Squadron
ALT Ukranian Sandown-class minehunter rafting up alongside HMS Stirling Castle. Credit: HMS Stirling Castle
ALT HMS Stirling Castle operates her seaboat. Credit: DVIDS
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.@HMS_Str_Castle during exercise #SeaBreeze 2026-2, currently underway off the South coast of the UK.
@_philharper
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9 years ago as Navs of ENTP we learnt how to raft a MCMV to a SVHO. Today I took my own ship alongside that of my friend & mentor, who was my captain in 2017 to learn how to do it with the next gen #MCM mothership.
A good navy day. #madeInTheRoyalNavy @ModernNavy @RoyalNavy
Today I rafted @HMSHurworth, 9 years after my first rafting as captain of @HMSEnterprise. My Tweeto and navigating officer that day is now the captain of Hurworth. Experience matters and time flies!
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Maximising the weather windows during #ExerciseSeaBreeze to pioneer @HMS_Str_Castle’s conventional MCM support role.
Fuel, water, engineering workshops and stores all the things we need to stay on mission.
#MadeInTheRoyalNavy @RoyalNavy @USNavyEurope
Rafting @HMSHurworth for fuel, stores, water and a much needed sauna as part of #ExerciseSeaBreeze.
Actually, we lied about the sauna. We'd never have a sauna before lunch
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.@HMS_Str_Castle and @HMSHurworth are participating in the US-Ukraine-led multinational exercise Sea Breeze 2026-2 currently underway off the UK South Coast.
Full story here navylookout.com/sea-breeze-2…
@SNMCMG1 @NATO_MARCOM
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HMS Stirling Castle had her formal commissioning ceremony in Grangemouth today.
(Src: royalnavy.mod.uk)
ALT Commander Phil Harper and HMS Stirling Castle in Grangemouth. Credit: Royal Navy
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.@HMS_Str_Castle formally commissioned into the RN today in Grangemouth.
(She hoisted the White ensign for the first time in October 2025 and was previously dedicated into the RFA in April 2024)
Photos: LPhot Tim Lombard
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We were delighted to attend the commissioning ceremony for @HMS_Str_Castle today and to have been able to support the occasion with plentiful supplies of @gusbourne - Britain’s finest for Britain’s finest 🇬🇧🍾
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Tradition and naval pride...
Sailors, their families and a host of dignitaries today celebrated the commissioning of Britain’s unique minehunting ship @HMS_Str_Castle into the Royal Navy fleet on the banks of the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
Read more: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/j…
Final preparations are underway ahead of our Commissioning Ceremony today.
From rigging the awning and dressing ship with flags, to giving the upper deck a final jet wash in true Scottish weather, the ship's company has been hard at work getting HMS Stirling Castle ready.🇬🇧🏴🌧️
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.@HMS_Str_Castle back from Gibraltar, heading up the Firth of Forth today for her commissioning ceremony to be held in Grangemouth.
Via @Brian_D2016 @dcullen_photo
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We can confirm the names of the three Royal Navy personnel who tragically lost their lives during a helicopter training exercise on 3 June:
Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Somerset
Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Surrey
PO Owen Green, 24, Hampshire
🔗royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/j…
