43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines

43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines
Unit badge
Active1943–1946
1961–1968
1980 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch
TypeCommando
RoleForce protection
Maritime Interdiction Operations
Nuclear Security
Size550 personnel[1]
Part of3 Commando Brigade[2]
BaseHMNB Clyde
Nickname(s)FPG
Motto(s)Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea By Land) (Latin)
Colours (Lanyard)Red and Old Gold
MarchQuick – A Life on the Ocean Wave
Slow – Preobrajensky
AnniversariesLake Comacchio, 3 April 1945
Website43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines
Commanders
Captain GeneralThe King[3]
Commandant GeneralGeneral Gwyn Jenkins[4]
Superior CommanderCommander Operations, Fleet Headquarters
Current CommanderColonel Tony de Reya RM MBE
Security of nuclear weapons at Faslane, HM Naval Base Clyde, is part of the Group's responsibilities

The 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (43 Cdo FP Gp RM),[5] formerly Comacchio Company Royal Marines (1980–1983), Comacchio Group Royal Marines (1983–2001) and Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (2001–2012), is a 550-man unit of the Royal Marines responsible for guarding the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons. The unit, based at HM Naval Base Clyde, is part of 3 Commando Brigade.

  1. ^ "43 Commando". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. ^ "43 Commando". Royal Navy. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. ^ "His Majesty The King is announced as Captain General Royal Marines on the 358th Anniversary of the Corps". The Royal Household. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Royal Marines appoint new Commandant General". forces.net. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ "43 Commando resurrected as historic Royal Marines unit returns". Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

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