Tag: HMS Forth

• Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 09:36 UTC

  Falklands patrol: HMS Medway replaces HMS Forth that completed five years in South Atlantic

  

  HMS Forth has been replaced by HMS Medway as the Royal Navy's permanent patrol vessel in the Falkland Islands and the wider South Atlantic. The handover sees one Batch 2 River-class sister ship replacing the other after HMS Forth's more than five years based at East Cove Military Port. HMS Forth is now heading back to the UK for the first time in more than five years.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands Patrol Vessel company passes with flying colors emergency training

  

  The Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, HMS Forth has been put through its paces during her recent FOST assessment (Fleet Operational Standards and Training). Comprising of various training situations, including casualties, fires and floods, the Ship’s Company must respond quickly and correctly under the watchful eye of the assessors.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

  Britain fully confident in Falklands' security and capability of the three services

  

  Britain remains fully confident in the security of the Falkland Islands and in the capability to defend them underlined a release from the Ministry of Defense, in response to a report in the London media claiming it only relies in a small Royal Navy patrol vessel and four RAF Typhoons to protect the South Atlantic archipelago.

• Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:15 UTC

  HMS Forth helps to understand extent of avian flu in South Georgia

  

  Crew of Royal Navy Falklands patrol ship HMS Forth helped scientists understand the global impact of bird flu as the ship resumed South Atlantic duties after nearly a year away. The ship transported an expert to the island chain of South Georgia to see if the disease had reached the sub-Antarctic for the first time.

• Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Falklands' Patrol HMS Forth visits South Georgia as part of its protection and bio diversity duties

  

  The Falkland Islands patrol vessel HMS Forth, has paid a visit to the island of South Georgia, where it met some of its permanent residents, penguins and seals, to look after their well being and the environment.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 09:05 UTC

  UK Minister of Defense, “Falklands are British, that is nonnegotiable and undeniable”

  

  “The Falkland Islands are British, that is nonnegotiable and undeniable” emphasized UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, adding that “99,8% of Islanders voted in 2013 to remain British and we will always defend their right to self-determination and UK's sovereignty”.

• Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 15:02 UTC

  Falklands Patrol HMS Forth returning to the Islands with a new paint scheme

  

  HMS Forth, the Falkland Islands patrol has conducted her first major maintenance period since she was commissioned five years ago and is now leaving Gibraltar and returning to her home in the Islands.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 07:58 UTC

  Falklands patrol HMS Forth on maintenance; replaced by HMS Medway

  

  The British Forces South Atlantic Command this week welcomed the arrival of HMS Medway at Mare Harbor. HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River class offshore patrol vessel, currently commissioned and since 2019 assigned long-term as Royal Navy guard ship in the Caribbean.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:52 UTC

  A hot tempered ambassador and will Falklands' HMS Forth be allowed to dock in Chile

  

  The leak of an audio message with no kind words from the Chilean foreign ministry top staff and advisors towards the Argentine ambassador in Chile, Rafael Bielsa, triggered a severe incident between the two neighboring countries which was finally contained by both sides with a cascade of compliments for the top figures involved.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 22:06 UTC

  Falklands: HMS Forth and MPA personnel honor HMS Glamorgan, the last vessel damaged in 1982

  

  Sailors and military personnel in the Falkland Islands saluted the last Royal Navy ship damaged in the 1982 conflict, according to a Royal Navy report. A small group from HMS Forth – the patrol ship which serves as the Islands’ constant guardian – and Mount Pleasant gathered at Hookers Point outside Stanley and the imposing monument of Welsh granite erected to HMS Glamorgan.