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HMS OARDACIOUS The Submariners are back! HMS Oardacious is ready to GO AGAIN! With sights set on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge in December 2022, 2023, 2024 and beyond!
In January 2020, four serving Royal Navy Submariners became both the first ever Royal Navy team, and fastest serving military team in history to row an ocean, spending 37 days 6 hours and 40 minutes battling across the North Atlantic. ‘HMS Oardacious’ has grown from a mad concept into a successful submariner wellbeing initiative that has reached millions around the world. The rowers and wider team collaborated with fantastic organisations that add value to a unique defence community; they have helped inspire the next generation of sailors and adventurers in partnership with the Sea Cadets; they have championed Mental Health and Resilience through the pandemic and successfully fundraised over £110,000 in support of Mental Health and Wellbeing charity initiatives.
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Submariner culture truly harmonises with the extreme environment of “the World’s Toughest Row”, whether it’s being experts of their environment and equipment, looking after crew mates, managing watch systems whilst battling sleep
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