ROYAL MARINES PRACTICE BOARDING OPERATIONS IN THE SOUND

A hive of activity around RFA Tidesurge with Royal Marines practice boarding operations, and a Wildcat helicopter overhead at the Breakwater earlier this evening.

RFA Tidesurge is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Our 24 hour live Westward Shipping News streaming in the Sound captured the images around RFA Tidesurge. In the distance the German frigate the FGS Brandenburg is on FOST Training in Plymouth waters.

Wildcat – a multi-role helicopter that operates from frigates and destroyers of the Royal Navy and provides immense firepower