Tag: HMS Edinburgh

• Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 12:01 UTC

  Falklands’ deployed HMS Edinburgh visits South African navy Simons Town base

  

  The veteran HMS Edinburgh has completed the first half of her six-month Falkland Islands deployment in the South Atlantic and is now in South Africa for maintenance and the ship’s company for some rest and recovery.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 04:13 UTC

  Argentine Claims on the South Atlantic Remote Islands

  

  Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands is well documented, but lesser known is her continued claim to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:33 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh visits South Georgia to test land and sea forces

  

  HMS Edinburgh visited this month South Georgia as part of her six-month South Atlantic and Falkland Islands duties which included training soldiers in a cold weather environment and give sailors the chance under such challenging conditions.

• Thursday, July 21st 2011 - 09:43 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh arrives in the Falklands after visiting Cape Town

  

  The Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Edinburgh faced some mountainous seas on the 4,000-mile passage from Cape Town to Mare Harbour in the Falkland Islands, her base for the next five or so months as she patrols Britain’s South Atlantic territories.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 20:02 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh leaves for South Atlantic, Falklands and South Georgia patrolling

  

  HMS Edinburgh leaves Wednesday for a seven months patrol of the British South Atlantic Islands, including the Falklands and South Georgia. She will be conducting maritime security patrols, policing and protecting Islanders living in the British Overseas Territories.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 14:42 UTC

  Upgraded HMS Edinburgh joins the fleet after £ 17.5 million refit

  

  A ceremony marking HMS Edinburgh’s return to the fleet after a £17.5m upgrade took place at Portsmouth Naval Base last week. The Portsmouth-based Type 42 destroyer - which was out of action for 18 months for the refit - was “re-Christened” in a colorful re-dedication ceremony in front of hundreds of guests.