37-398: Governor John may refer to: A. J. John (1893–1957), Governor of Madras State from 1956 to 1957 Adrian Johns (born 1951), Governor of Gibraltar from 2009 to 2013 John St. John (1833–1916), Governor of Kansas from 1879 to 1883 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
74-542: A PyTEC pyrolysising waste recycling unit was fitted. On 18 February 2009, Ocean sailed from Devonport as part of the Taurus 09 deployment. She was joined on this deployment by the landing platform dock Bulwark , as the flagship of the group, which included Type 23 Frigates Argyll and Somerset and four ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. This exercise was filmed for the second series of
111-475: A Type 23 frigate . VSEL, a warship manufacturer, sub-contracted the build phase to the commercial Kværner yard in Govan , Glasgow. That VSEL's bid was £71 million lower than Swan Hunter's was the source of political controversy and led to a National Audit Office investigation to determine whether the competition was fair. The report, published on 29 July 1993, stated that, although VSEL did subsidise its bid,
148-467: A helicopter landing site during the London 2012 Olympic Games . From 24 to 28 May 2012, she visited Sunderland, her affiliated port, and made other port calls before returning to London on 13 July. After Olympic duty, Ocean returned to her home port of HMNB Devonport for a scheduled period of maintenance. The LPH role was provided by HMS Illustrious until 2014. On 22 July 2014, Ocean took over
185-464: A helicopter pilot and then served as a Westland Sea King pilot with 824 Naval Air Squadron aboard HMS Ark Royal . He became a flying instructor in 1979. In 1981, he was given his first command on board HMS Yarnton in Hong Kong and was promoted to lieutenant commander on 16 October 1982. After holding other naval posts, he was promoted to commander on 30 June 1988 and then commanded
222-512: A maximum speed of 20.6 knots (38.2 km/h; 23.7 mph); however, her usual top speed is 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Ocean was designed to provide the amphibious assault capabilities last offered by Albion and Bulwark . She can deploy an Embarked Military Force (EMF) of a Royal Marines Commando Group from 3 Commando Brigade supported by aircraft and landing craft. The ship's company included 9 Assault Squadron (9 ASRM) from 1 Assault Group Royal Marines whose primary role
259-663: Is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy , serving as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013. Johns was born on 1 September 1951. He was educated at Newquay Grammar School in Cornwall and then Imperial College London , where he studied physics. Johns joined the Royal Navy in 1973. On 1 September 1975, he was promoted to lieutenant, with seniority from 1 January 1975. After his initial postings, Johns trained as
296-565: Is a patron of the armed forces career management charity Soldier On! On 2 February 2011, Johns was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John , an honour in the personal gift of Her Majesty The Queen . ^ Ben Bathurst HMS Ocean (L12) HMS Ocean was a Landing Platform Helicopter , formerly the UK's helicopter carrier and the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy . She was designed to support amphibious landing operations and to support
333-408: Is as an Amphibious Assault Squadron. Secondary tasks include boarding parties, beach reconnaissance and providing amphibious knowledge to the ships Command. Besides these roles they have responsibilities within the ship which include firefighting, watchkeeping and security. 9 ASRM is divided into a HQ unit, Landing Craft Troop, Signals detachment, Vehicle Deck Party and Assault Supply Team. HMS Ocean
370-687: The Channel 5 documentary Warship . In June 2009, Ocean took part in exercise Bersama Shield with HMS Somerset and RFA Wave Ruler off the Malay Peninsula . During the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption , Prime Minister Gordon Brown assigned Ocean and other units to rescue stranded travellers and army personnel across the English Channel in Operation Cunningham . In 2010,
407-533: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) was right to award the contract to VSEL because the subsidy was much smaller than the difference between the two bids; VSEL's bid was £139.5 million compared to Swan Hunter's £210.6 million. The Times also suggested that the subsidy was as little as £10 million. In anticipation of the report, the Financial Times described the different philosophies adopted by
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#1732771993934444-763: The amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean . It was deployed to Iraq in spring 2003. Following this tour, Johns received a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service , gazetted on 31 October 2003. He relinquished command of the Ocean on his promotion to rear admiral in May 2003. Johns became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in May 2003. In October 2005, he was promoted to vice admiral and appointed Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief of Naval Home Command. The 2008 New Year Honours saw him appointed Knight Commander of
481-474: The frigates HMS Juno and HMS Ariadne between 1988 and 1990. Johns attained the rank of captain on 31 December 1994. Between various appointments at the Ministry of Defence , he held the command of the frigate HMS Campbeltown from 1995 to 1996. Johns was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours . Later that year, he took command of
518-809: The African partnership programme. She returned to Devonport in November. In April 2011, while under command of Captain Keith Blount , the ship took part in the COUGAR 11 deployment under the ultimate command of Commander Amphibious Task Group (CATG). During this deployment, she took part in Exercise Cypriot Lion. In May 2011, she was detached from CATG's COUGAR 11 deployment and sent with embarked Apaches to aid operations in Libya along with
555-521: The Mediterranean with the French Navy . In September 2016, Ocean left Devonport for the inaugural Joint Expeditionary Force (Maritime) (JEF(M)) Task Group deployment which is the successor to the annual Cougar deployments. The bulk of this deployment took place East of Suez and demonstrated the UK's ongoing ability to deploy highly effective and combat capable maritime forces anywhere in
592-522: The Mediterranean. Before she could relieve HMS Duncan (D37) with SNMG2 , Ocean was redeployed to assist in disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, and then the subsequent Hurricane Maria . Ocean was decommissioned on 27 March 2018 at HMNB Devonport, with Queen Elizabeth II attending the ceremony. Brazil, seeking a replacement for their navy's outgoing flagship, NAe São Paulo , began negotiations with
629-566: The Order of the Bath (KCB). He was succeeded as Second Sea Lord by Vice-Admiral Alan Massey in July 2008. On 9 June 2009, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Johns would succeed Sir Robert Fulton as Governor of Gibraltar later that year. Johns arrived at Gibraltar on board HMS Lancaster and was sworn into the office of Governor of Gibraltar on Monday 26 October 2009. He
666-572: The Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulfs of Aden and Oman and the Indian Ocean. On 24 March Ocean returned to Devonport. During the deployment she steamed 23,000 miles, visited 11 countries, provided a platform for six British ambassadors and High Commissioners and was home to up to 1150 service personnel. At the end of August 2017, Ocean left Devonport for her final deployment, scheduled to take over as Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 flagship in
703-625: The United Kingdom in 2017 to purchase Ocean for £84.3 million (312 million Brazilian Reais), following her decommissioning in 2018. An agreement was struck and, after being transferred to Brazil, the former HMS Ocean was commissioned as Atlântico in June 2018. She has since been the flagship of the Brazilian Navy. Initially being designated with the initials PHM ( Porta Helicópteros Multipropósito , Multipurpose Helicopter Carrier),
740-543: The attack helicopters aboard the French amphibious assault ship Tonnerre (L9014) . This was the first time that Apache helicopters were sent directly into action from a Royal Navy ship. Her initial complement of three Apaches was bolstered by a fourth soon after, and later a fifth. The deployment included a large medical team, a sign of the ship's flexibility. On 4 May 2012, she moored at Greenwich to prepare for her role of providing logistics support, accommodation and
777-574: The coast of Scotland, with Wildcat helicopters landing on her for the first time. She then stopped again in Sunderland where the ship's company exercised their right to the freedom of the city, with more than 300 officers and ratings parading through the city centre. Ocean became the Royal Navy Fleet Flagship in June 2015. In December 2015, she returned to port after Exercise COUGAR 15, an amphibious warfare exercise in
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#1732771993934814-844: The command of Captain Christopher Clayton , the ship was deployed as part of the task force involved in the Aurora exercises on the eastern seaboard of the United States. Clayton was later succeeded by Captain Tony Johnstone-Burt . In 2007, Ocean began her first long refit period. This was carried out by Devonport Management Limited at their Devonport Royal Dockyard facility and lasted around 12 months. Following this major period of maintenance and upgrading work, Ocean sailed from Plymouth on Wednesday 24 September 2008 to start sea trials. As part of that upgrade,
851-485: The defence procurement minister announced that development of the new Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH) was proceeding. Two shipbuilders tendered for the contract – Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) and Swan Hunter . On 11 May 1993, the government announced that VSEL had won the contract. The build was to commercial standards, reducing costs significantly and leading to a construction spend of £154 million (£396 million in 2023), , comparable to that of
888-532: The ferry role, but was unable to operate as a fixed-wing aircraft carrier because she lacked the ski jump that is needed to launch a fully loaded Harrier. For the 2012 London Olympics , she carried four Army Air Corps and four Fleet Air Arm Westland Super Lynx helicopters, to deploy special forces and conduct other missions in a security role. Four Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVPs) were permanently embarked and manned by 9 Assault Squadron Royal Marines . Weeks after being commissioned, Ocean
925-557: The flagship of COMATG . This marked the end of the JEF(M) deployment. On 25 November, the ship rendezvoused with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) . COMATG assumed command of the U.S. Task Force 50 , becoming Commander, Task Force 50 (CTF 50). Due to the U.S. Navy gap in carrier coverage in the Middle East, this was the first time a Royal Navy vessel had commanded the U.S. formation responsible for maritime war fighting in
962-569: The helicopter carrier role again, after her 15-month, £65 million refit, replacing Illustrious , which then returned to her home port Portsmouth for the last time, being decommissioned on 28 August 2014. As part of the Response Force Task Group COUGAR 14 deployment, Ocean participated in exercises off Albania and France. In April 2015 Ocean took part in Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 around
999-526: The mistake as an "invasion". Ocean was the flagship and spearpoint of a large Royal Navy task force deployed for Operation Telic , the UK contribution to the 2003 Iraq War , for which she was awarded a new battle honour "Al Faw 2003". In the helicopter assault role she was accompanied by Ark Royal . She was awarded the Freedom of the City of Sunderland on 26 July 2004. In the summer of 2006, under
1036-525: The same time, British forces were engaged in operations in the Balkans , which saw the Royal Fleet Auxiliary 's aviation training ship RFA Argus pressed into service as an amphibious transport ship. Argus ' s accommodation and facilities proved inadequate for the needs of a large Embarked Military Force (EMF), which emphasised the need for a purpose-built platform. On 29 March 1993,
1073-571: The ship for £84.6 million. Following her decommissioning from Royal Navy service on 27 March 2018, she arrived in Rio de Janeiro on 25 August 2018, with the intention of being commissioned as Atlântico and fully operational by 2020. An invitation to tender for a new helicopter carrier was issued in February 1992. In February 1993 The Times reported that the carrier faced cancellation due to budgetary constraints. However, at approximately
1110-634: The ship was sent on a multi-purpose deployment. This started with exercise Auriga on the eastern coast of the US. She then moved to Brazil to conduct an exercise with the Brazilian marines; whilst there a defence co-operation agreement was signed on board. She then crossed the Atlantic to Nigeria to participate in the "Nigeria at 50" presidential fleet review and provide training to the Nigerian navy as part of
1147-590: The staff of Commander UK Amphibious Force and Commander UK Landing Force. She was constructed in the mid-1990s by Kvaerner Govan on the River Clyde and fitted out by VSEL at Barrow-in-Furness prior to trials and subsequent acceptance in service. Ocean was commissioned in September 1998 at her home port HMNB Devonport , Plymouth . In December 2017, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the purchase of
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1184-643: The suppression of rebel activity with her own embarked force, and providing support facilities for the Spearhead battalion ashore. On 17 February 2002, whilst under command of Captain Adrian Johns , a unit of Royal Marines from Ocean accidentally landed on the San Felipe beach in the Spanish town of La Linea instead of Gibraltar , causing a minor diplomatic incident as various media outlets labelled
1221-625: The title Governor John . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor_John&oldid=1224378281 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adrian Johns Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns , KCB , CBE , KStJ , DL (born 1 September 1951)
1258-492: The two bidders; while Swan Hunter viewed the ship as entirely military, "VSEL thought the design was basically a merchant ship with military hardware bolted on." VSEL's decision to sub-contract the build phase took advantage of lower overheads at a civilian yard as well as efficiency drives by its parent, Kværner. Launched on 11 October 1995, she was subsequently named at Barrow by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 February 1998, prior to delivery to Devonport. In her sea trial, she reached
1295-591: The world. The core task group included the LSD RFA Mounts Bay (L3008) , MOD strategic Ro-Ro vessel MV Eddystone and HMS Bulwark (L15) . Elements of the Royal Marines 42 Commando , were spread across the force. Frigates and Destroyers from the Royal Navy and French Navy joined throughout the deployment. On the 60th anniversary of Operation Musketeer , Ocean became
1332-696: Was also capable of limited anti-submarine warfare activities, supporting afloat training and acting as a base facility for other embarked forces including counter-terrorism units. The ship was capable of carrying four to six Westland Apache AH1 helicopters operated by the Army Air Corps , as well as helicopters of the Fleet Air Arm (Seaking Mk4) and Royal Air Force , including the larger twin-rotor Boeing Chinook transports. Prior to their retirement, Ocean could transport up to fifteen fixed-wing Harrier V/STOL aircraft of Joint Force Harrier in
1369-564: Was undertaking the warm water element of her first-of-class trials, when she was deployed on short notice to the coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch . In early 1999, Ocean was scheduled to take part in an exercise in the Atlantic, but was diverted to the Mediterranean in readiness for possible deployment to Kosovo . During 2000, Ocean supported Operation Palliser in Sierra Leone, joining Illustrious in aiding
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