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Aug 19, 2020, 6 tweets

📷 It’s #WorldPhotographyDay so we’ve picked out some of the finest images captured by RN personnel. We begin with @RoyalMarines captured here by CPO(Phot) Nick Tryon who joined X-Ray Company, 45 Cdo, on a patrol between two Forward Operating Bases in Feb 2009.

Leading Phot Sammy Seeley won the 2019 Photographer of the Year at the #PeregrineTrophy awards. Here’s one from his portfolio – we can see why he won!

📷 For more pictures: royalnavy.mod.uk/Peregrine2019

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Leading Photographer Will Haigh captured Type 45 destroyer @HMSDefender perfectly reflected in a puddle alongside in #Glasgow. #WorldPhotographyDay.

📷Did you know the #RoyalNavy has an extensive online image library open to the public?🔗visit: royalnavy.mod.uk/imagery for more.

📷 Probably one of the most iconic images from our RN Phot Branch - 'yomper' by PO(Phot) Pete Holgate: Cpl Pete Robinson with the Union Flag on his radio aerial in the Falklands.

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Op Telic was the RN’s first ‘digital war’ and was covered extensively by the photographic branch to provide stills and moving imagery. Here a RM squad leader halts a patrol at sunset as a Kuwaiti oil rig burns in the distance. PO(Phot) Tam McDonald. #WorldPhotographyDay

Leading Photographer Barry Wheeler captured this heart-warming picture of a commanding officer’s return home after deployment - winning Barry a #PeregrineTrophy in 2019.

📷 Explore more: royalnavy.mod.uk/Peregrine2019

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