Zeal does not rest, but it does Tweet
December 30th, 2009 | Blogs Carriers Life at Sea Royal Navy Science and technology | Posted by Phil Ewing
Great Britain's aircraft carrier Ark Royal chopped into Tweet Forces Command's AOR when it became the first U.K. warship to join the popular world of micro-blogging // Royal Navy
There are many great Twitter feeds from commands throughout the fleet — for example, just pulling a few random samples from the Twitter Feed of Excellence, you can follow the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard and the carriers Harry S. Truman and Nimitz.
Tweeting, however, is apparently something new over in the Royal Navy, according to this story in the Telegraph, which says that the carrier Ark Royal is the first British warship to Tweet at sea:
Messages include information about choir practice and a chemical training exercise, complete with images of the crew in chemical suits and respirators. A recent post says: “Just had our brief for our final training war tomorrow. We are all living up to our motto – ‘Zeal does not rest’.”
HMS Ark Royal’s commanding officer, Captain John Clink, said he was keen to keep up with the latest technology.
“For hundreds of years the Royal Navy has been at the forefront of technology – particularly communications between ship and shore,” he said. “So it’s no surprise to me that we are embracing all available media, especially the internet, to keep the public up to date with our operations.
Check it out here — they’ve already got 102 followers.
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NavyLookout Says:
January 5th, 2010 at 3:57 amFor the best Royal Navy information on Twitter follow the http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org twitter feed at: http://twitter.com/navylookout