MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

HMS Protector breaks down and leaves UK without an Ice Patrol

Britain has been left without its Ice Patrol after HMS Protector on Tuesday suffered engine problems and had to be towed back to Plymouth, according to reports in the media. This could speed the Royal Navy’s assessment as to whether the vessel originally built in Norway and now with 25 years of rough seas in both poles has to be replaced. Read full article