Tag: HMS Mersey

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  UK expanding fisheries protection to police territorial waters in a no-Brexit trade-deal scenario

  

  The British government is hiring additional ships for the Royal Navy amid growing Brexit tensions - with reports as many as 24 extra boats could be drafted into service. The Times reports that “Ministers are getting ready to triple the number of boats in Britain’s fisheries protection squadron to police territorial waters in the event of a no-trade-deal Brexit”.

• Thursday, October 15th 2015 - 06:52 UTC

  HMS Protector to assess fish stocks and update Ross Sea charts

  

  Ice ship HMS Protector is heading for waters no Royal Navy vessel has visited in 80 years as she begins a marathon deployment to Antarctica. The Plymouth-based icebreaker and survey vessel will ensure the world’s fishermen are not stripping the largely-unspoiled waters of the Ross Sea of marine life.