Neptune Warrior 07 Begins

Official Royal Navy Announcement:

The UK’s largest maritime training course and a major air exercise are being brought together beneath, on and above the waters of the majority of the UK for the first time later this month (17-28 September 2007).

Neptune Warrior, a twice yearly Royal Navy and Royal Air Force run exercise, which qualifies British forces to work and fight in a task group this time will be coordinated and integrated with the RAF’s Exercise Sky Lance which aims to offer similarly aligned training.

The combined forces of Neptune Warrior and Sky Lance will feature a total of 17 warships and around 100 aircraft from the UK and eleven allied nations. The UK forces will be joined by forces from the United States, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, Spain and Norway.

Order of Battle:

USS Cole (DDG 67)
USS McFaul (DDG 74)
USS John L. Hall (FFG 32)
USS Nicholas (FFG 47)
USS Elrod (FFG 55)
USNS Laramie (T-AO 204)

HDMS Absalon (L16)

SPS Blas de Lezo (F103)

FS Latouche Treville (D646)
FS Casabianca (S603)
FS Andromede (M643)

HMS Lancaster (F229)
HMS Montrose (F237)
HMS Westminster (F238)
HMS Chiddingfold (M37)
HMS Walney (M104)
HMS Shoreham (M112)

four nuclear-powered submarines