THE LARGEST ship in the Royal Navy’s fleet will return to Greenwich on Friday evening.
HMS Ocean has been tasked with helping to keep London safe for the duration of the Games, which start in just 15 days.
She will also accommodate 400 marines and sailors who are part of the Venue Security Force for Greenwich Park.
There will be a chance to look around the Mighty O on Sunday afternoon when the Royal Navy open her up to the public.
She will be open to visitors from 10am – 3pm with boat transfers operating from Greenwich Pier. Visitors should queue up in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College where there will be a bag search point.
A chance to look around the amphibious assault ship on her most recent visit to Greenwich proved extremely popular and the Navy advise visitors to “get there early and expect to queue.”
Does anyone know what the aircraft was that flew over Greenwich on Friday morning?
It looked like nothing I’ve ever seen before.
Obviously military.
Fixed wing with helicopter rotors at the end of each wing! Bizarre!
A friend noticed it too… he told me it’s a Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft. apparently they’ve had lots of crashes, so make sure you’re not standing underneath it!
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July 14th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Thanks for the “heads up” Pedro!
Went out to it today, short queue and very helpful crew. They said it’d be open again in late August, thoroughly worth a visit if you’ve missed out so far.