Tag: HMS Gloucester

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 23:29 UTC

  Mujica: sorry HMS Gloucester, but our priority is good relations with Argentina

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica told his cabinet that he had contacted the British ambassador to tell him why the Royal Navy HMS Gloucester bound for the Falkland Islands had been authorized to call in Montevideo and a few hours before arriving had clearance withdrawn.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 01:19 UTC

  Uruguay bans docking permit to Royal Navy vessel heading for the Falklands

  

  HMS Gloucester, the Royal Navy South Atlantic patrol was banned from entering Montevideo for supplies and fuel, just a few hours before docking and in spite of having been authorized several days before to call in at Uruguay’s capital port.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:09 UTC

  HMS Gloucester helps catch £ 4 million of cocaine in mid Atlantic

  

  Portsmouth-based HMS Gloucester en route to the Falkland Islands has helped capture £4 million worth of cocaine – hidden in a yacht's rudder. The Royal Navy ship intercepted the suspect yacht Tortuga in the mid-Atlantic.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:18 UTC

  HMS Gloucester sets sail for the Falklands next Friday

  

  A Royal Navy destroyer will set sail for the Falkland Islands from Portsmouth to maintain Britain's interests in the South Atlantic, reports Royal Navy News.