Royal Navy River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Forth begins sea trials

Tuesday, September 5th 2017 - 08:59 UTC

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The British Royal Navy's Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Forth has commenced its first sea trials on the River Clyde. HMS Forth is the first of five new patrol ships of the same class being built to assist the navy in safeguarding fishing stocks, as well as protecting the Falkland Islands and their inhabitants. Read full article

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Pete Bog
The Tyne replacement will be renamed as Tyne and sent to patrol Falklands waters. A future T45 should be named HMS Clio.
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Clyde15
I think I saw her off Arran yesterday.
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Juanma
England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
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