HMS Enterprise

The Captains of the ENTERPRISE! As we prepare to go beyond the final frontier with our decommissioning ceremony it was great to welcome all the James T Kirk and Jean Luc Picard lookalikes back on board. Loads of great dits (for the most part). They boldly went!

1 day to decommissioning - 2022, a year of regeneration. Emerging from dry dock, through operational sea training and then back to ops, this time in the High North. ENTERPRISE ended the year as the UK's presence in the N Sea, helping to protect critical national infrastructure.

2 days to decommissioning - 2021 was a tough year for us as well: propulsion defects and COVID meant that the ship struggled to get back on an even keel after the challenges of the past year. Hard work and the can do attitude of RN sailors got us back on track, ready for 2022.

1/2 - 3 days to decommissioning - at the start of 2020 the ship was operating in the Asia Pacific when reports started surfacing of a respiratory virus in three region. Everything then changed. With the closing down of countries in the region ENTERPRISE operations had to change.

Well that was emotional! Great welcome from Portsmouth, our final destination. Thanks for the escort @khmportsmouth . Finished with main engines!