The Ship's Company are enjoying all the delights of The Netherlands while alongside in Den Helder - first foreign visit for over six years – at Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Congratulations to four newly qualified Submarine Commanding Officers - successful Perishers of 2010 – at Alkmaar, The Netherlands
On to Phase 4 of Perisher - the first inshore weekend around the Isle of Arran. Picking up VIPs tomorrow for this tense period – at Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Sailing tomorrow from Faslane ready to be the platform that the Perisher students use for their assessment - our first operational tasking. – at Argyll and Bute, Scotland
It's the hardest course in the Navy - pass and you've got a 95% chance of commanding your own submarine! It's 'Perisher'!
PERISHER (pear-ish-er) -- 'the colloquial name given to the Submarine Comnand Course'. A person who passes is known as "Perisher Qualified". – at Argyll and Bute, Scotland
We've done it! HMS Triumph has successfully completed Operational Sea Training and is ready and keen to fully rejoin the Royal Navy's Fleet.
Going up river tomorrow for a well earned summer break after some final sea trials in Scotland. Time for some leave and maintenance!
Ops Safety Phase completed. Back at buoy in Plymouth Sound preparing for tomorrow. FOST assessment team onboard for final phase
We Passed! HMS Triumph is certified and ready to go to sea and fire torpedos. Sailing tomorrow for final week of BOST training & assessment.
Today's the day - certification assessment day in the Command Team Trainer. Feeling justifiably confident about it - been a lot of hard work
A most enjoyable weekend of Special Forces training completed (despite the England result). Now for a week alongside in the trainer.
Back at buoy in Devonport after a particularly successful Submarine Tactical Exercise vs HMS TORBAY. Scoreline 14 - 6 to us!
Have just departed buoy at Plymouth - six days of FOST Ops Phase to go. Lots of learning points so far but progress is steady.
Successful operational planning meeting completed today and some good prep work achieved - bring on the next few weeks of FOST assessment!
Currently alongside in Devonport conducting some repairs on emergent defects - back at sea for operational work up with FOST soon