RN’s AW159 in joint training exercise with South African submarine

Royal Navy warships HMS Lancaster and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel RFA Gold Rover are in South Africa last week for a joint training exercise with South African Navy Type 209 submarine SAS Queen Modjadji.

AW159 South African
Photo: Royal Navy

During the exercise, Lancaster’s AW159 Wildcat helicopter “maintained an eye in the sky helping the surface vessels locate their elusive underwater foe and then simulate the dropping of stingray torpedoes onto the submarine’s location.”

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