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☆ UK Royal Navy recruits no longer need to know how to swim as enlistment problems mount, report says
  + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The UK's Royal Navy has relaxed its entry requirements due to recruitment problems. AdvertisementThe UK's Royal Navy has relaxed its entry requirements for new recruits, no longer requiring them to demonstrate swimming proficiency prior to joining, Sky News reported. It exemplifies how the Royal Navy, the most feared world sea power in the 19th and early 20th centuries, is struggling to stay fit for purpose in the 21st century. A Royal Navy spokesperson rebuffed claims of lowered standards, telling Sky News that all recruits would still undergo a swim test during training. Business Insider contacted the Royal Navy for comment.
Persons: —, Danny Kruger, Elizabeth, HMS, Wales, Richard Barrons Organizations: Royal Navy, Service, Sky News, Elizabeth British Royal Navy, Royal, NATO, Financial Times Locations: British, Isle of Wight
☆ Russia's Black Sea Fleet has 1 'loser' missile ship left in Crimea that has not launched a single missile, Ukrainian captain says
  + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Ukrainian navy captain claimed Russia has only one missile ship left in the Black Sea. He said that most of the Black Sea Fleet had relocated after a series of Ukrainian strikes. A senior UK Royal Navy officer said that 25% of Russia's Black Sea warships had been sunk or damaged. Pletenchuk noted that the Black Sea Fleet was once considered Russia's main force in Crimea but had almost entirely been chased away and relocated. The UK's defense minister said on March 25, after the latest Ukrainian attack, that the Black Sea Fleet was "functionally inactive."
Persons: —, Dmytro Pletenchuk, Pletenchuk, Ivan Khurs, Konstantin, Russia's Adm, Viktor Sokolov, Adm, Sergei Pinchuk Organizations: Black Sea Fleet, UK Royal Navy, Service, Ukrainian, Cyclone, Gerashchenko, Black Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Crimea, Russian, Novorossiysk, Gerashchenko Ukraine, Sevastopol, Russia's, Ukraine
☆ The UK's flagship aircraft carrier suffers new misfortune and won't lead major NATO exercise
  + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The UK Royal Navy's fleet flagship had to withdraw from a major NATO exercise at the last minute. HMS Queen Elizabeth had issues with its starboard propeller shaft. In 2019, HMS Queen Elizabeth was left without propulsion for days and flooded. The ship had to anchor off Britannia Royal Naval College for 24 hours to undergo repairs, per The News. The House of Commons Defence Committee called the UK military "consistently overstretched" and under "unrelenting pressure," the Independent reports.
Persons: Queen Elizabeth, HMS Queen Elizabeth, —, Elizabeth, HMS, Wales, HMS Prince, Kalnins, Sir Richard Barrons Organizations: Royal, Service, NATO, Royal Navy, Business, Royal Navy's, Britannia Royal Naval College, Warfare Development Command, UK Defense, British, REUTERS, Bangor, Financial Times, Navy, Recruits, of Commons Defence Locations: NATO, Portsmouth, Europe, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Westminster, Riga, Latvia, Bahrain, Bangor
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