From the Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Plymouth, the Clyde in Scotland and a small team at Northwood in Middlesex, Fleet Operational Standards and Training (FOST) provides training for all surface ships, submarines, Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and Strike Groups of the Royal Navy by a dedicated team of ...

As a result of the Royal Navy programme 'Fleet First', FOST became the single command responsible for all sea training. The submarine sea-training organisation came under FOST and surface ship training previously undertaken by Flag Officer Surface Flotilla and the squadron staffs also shifted to FOST.

FOST’s training prepares all types of surface warships, submarines and auxiliaries for peacetime, peace-support and war-fighting operations. Starting with basic alongside preparatory safety and readiness training, units progress through single-threat and multi-threat scenarios to advanced tactical training at Task Group level.

2021年10月26日 · FOST is best known for putting warship and submarine crews through Basic Operation Sea Training (BOST), an intense 6 week period (until recently) notorious for pushing sailors to their limits.

2023年9月30日 · FOST provides operational sea training for all surface ships, submarines and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries of the Royal Navy. These two unique helicopters and its specialised aircrew facilitate a range of vitally important FOST missions which includes transportation of senior Staff Officers, participation in major NATO exercises such as Exercise ...

2024年12月2日 · Members of the crew of a Devon-based warship have completed fleet operational sea training (FOST), which was the final stage of the vessel's mid-life refit, the Royal Navy says.

Advanced operational training teaches crews to fight the vessel and manage any damage, to maximum effect. It also teaches key elements of disaster relief and logistics support. As part of its Advanced training and evaluation programmes, FOST arranges realistic exercises around the British Coast, mainly in the English Channel and Western Approaches.

2021年10月22日 · Evertsen was prepared for that mission by the team at FOST, based in Devonport, the Royal Navy’s world-renowned training regime. Aboard Evertsen’s sister ship De Zeven Provinciën, senior British and Dutch sailors celebrated 60 years of success – and committed to continue to work together.

2020年6月29日 · Under Navy Transformation, the Flag Officer Sea Training organisation has been renamed Fleet Operational Sea Training (so still known as “FOST”!), under the Command of Cdre Andrew Stacey.

2023年9月7日 · The new, modernised scenario means FOST will be able to challenge its training audiences – including UK, NATO and multi-national warships – in a more diverse and demanding manner, across the full spectrum of constant competition, crisis and conflict.

As of December 2024, there are 62 commissioned and active ships in the Royal Navy. Of the commissioned vessels, sixteen are major surface combatants (two aircraft carriers, six guided missile destroyers and eight frigates) and nine are nuclear-powered submarines (four ballistic missile submarines and five fleet submarines).

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2025年3月11日 · Work to replace the ships that carry British military equipment around the globe is at an early stage. Here we look at the background and requirements of the Strategic Sealift – Future (SSL-F) programme. Context The MoD relies heavily on its strategic sealift vessel to deliver equipment and supplies across the world. The Point-class roll-on, roll-off vessels, introduced in the early 2000s ...

2025年3月10日 · North Sea crash latest: Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over North Sea crash is captain of cargo ship A missing sailor is presumed dead after Monday's North Sea crash involving a cargo ...

2025年3月1日 · The UK has welcomed the world’s first dual-fuelled ammonia-powered vessel to its shores, marking an important step forward in maritime decarbonisation.

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2020年8月20日 · Britain’s newest warship is ready for front-line duties – just five months after the first sailors stepped aboard HMS Tamar. In what is thought to be the fastest generation of a warship in peacetime, the Portsmouth-based ship has gone from incomplete lifeless hulk at the beginning of 2020 into a vessel ready to deploy around the globe by August.