Tag: Royal Navy

• Tuesday, January 7th 2014 - 23:43 UTC

  Falklands and Atlantic patrol HMS Richmond commended by Commander La Forte

  

  Falkland Islands based Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Air Commodore Russell La Forte CBE presented HMS Richmond with his personal Commendation in recognition of Distinguished Service in the region by the Type 23 Duke Class frigate during her Atlantic Patrol Tasking.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 05:49 UTC

  Westminster addressed Spain's Guardia Civil 'dangerous and provocative' actions in Gibraltar waters

  

  British Labor MP Jim Dobbin has filed an early day motion calling on the House of Commons to condemn the actions of the Spanish Guardia Civil crew that led to “an armed stand-off” with Royal Navy vessels in Gibraltar waters last week.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 16:16 UTC

  Plans to commission 3 new ocean-going offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy

  

  Britain's Ministry has plans to commission three new ocean-going offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy. The new ships will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on the Clyde in a deal that will sustain jobs in the UK’s warship-building industry, and will play a key role in counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti-smuggling operations.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2013 - 20:38 UTC

  HMS Richmond on south Atlantic patrol visits South Georgia Island

  

  HMS Richmond was on patrol in the South Georgia Maritime Zone at the end of September and came to anchor off Hope Point on the 27th for a three-day visit, reports the September edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 18:15 UTC

  HMS Protector leaves for Antarctica from Portsmouth but will return to Davenport

  

  Royal Navy’s newest ice patrol ship HMS Protector leaves Portsmouth this week on deployment to Antarctica, but she will be returning to Davenport, where she is to be based in the future.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:08 UTC

  HMS Lancaster seizes in the Caribbean cocaine and cannabis worth £58 million street-value

  

  Royal Navy HMS Lancaster has seized cannabis and cocaine with a street value of nearly £58 million while on operations in the Caribbean. The seizure took place over two incidents which came just days after each other, with Lancaster recovering cocaine weighing over 400 kilograms and almost 1.2 tons of marijuana.

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 01:25 UTC

  Ice patrol HMS Endurance a complete loss, will be scrapped says MOD

  

  The Royal Navy's former ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is to be scrapped after the Ministry of Defense decided the cost of repairing the vessel, which flooded off the coast of Chile in 2008, was too great.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 17:20 UTC

  London launches paper warning on defence income lost and costs for an independent Scotland

  

  A Scotland analysis paper on Defense, published on Tuesday, highlights the extent to which an independent Scotland would no longer benefit from the £34 billion annual UK defense budget, one of the largest in the world.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:36 UTC

  HMS Lancaster visits Colombia to participate in the multinational exercise Unitas

  

  The Royal Navy warship HMS Lancaster has visited Colombia to strengthen relationships with the country. The vessel called at the port of Cartagena ahead of Exercise Unitas, a multinational exercise being played out in the region headed by the US Navy.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2013 - 17:35 UTC

  Royal Navy frigates to be equipped with Sea Ceptor air defense missiles

  

  A new British naval air defense system that can intercept and destroy enemy missiles is to be manufactured in the UK under a £250 million contract. Sea Ceptor, which will be fitted to the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates and, in future, the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, is a cutting-edge missile designed and built by MBDA.