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Updated 17 June 2010

The annual Plymouth remembrance and reunion weekend was attended by over 150 people including the sea cadets of TS Ardent, members of the Assocation and honoured guests. It all started in HMS Raleigh when, watched by members of the HMS Ardent Association, the 1982 Commanding Officer of HMS Antelope, Nick Tobin unveiled a commemorative plaque on Thursday 27 May 2010 to mark the formal opening of HMS Raleigh's new accommodation blocks.

HMS Drake Remembrance Service Slideshow

Four new blocks named Antelope, Ardent, Sir Galahad and Conqueror have been built at the Torpoint based Royal Navy training establishment as part of a major upgrade of facilities. The blocks have been named after units which were part of the UK Task Force sent to recover the Falkland Islands in 1982. The operation was codenamed Operation Corporate. Following tours of the new buildings, Captain Tobin cut a commemorative cake during a reception assisted by trainee Logistician Natalie Skilton, aged 16, the youngest sailor undergoing specialist training at HMS Raleigh.

Opening of 'Ardent' Block Slideshow

Captain Steve Murdoch, the Commanding Officer of HMS Raleigh, said: "Corporate Squadron stood up in October 2009 and feedback from the trainees accommodated in the first two blocks to become available has been very positive. Although the rooms provide the trainees with a degree of privacy they still have to live side by side with their mess-mates as they will do at sea on board ship. Naming the blocks after some of the key units involved in 1982 is a fitting tribute to three of the fighting arms of Operation Corporate. The Corporate link is a constant reminder of those who took part in the action of 28 years ago. It encourages the trainees to learn about the Royal Navy's heritage and helps to instil the Navy’s Core Values in our young recruits. I'm delighted that so many members of the ship's associations were able to join us for the formal opening."