MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

HMS Iron Duke quietly decommissioned; RN has five active frigates left

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke has been stripped of her weapons and sensors and has not been to sea since October 2025, despite no formal decommissioning announcement being made, reports Navy Outlook. As RN Atlantic Patrol Tasking, South, she was well known in the Falkland Islands which she visited on several patrol duties. Read full article