Tag: Royal Navy

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 15:28 UTC

  After 5 months patrolling the Falklands, HMS York returns to Portsmouth July

  

  The Royal Navy’s HMS York on the last leg of her five-month deployment to the South Atlantic on Falkland Islands patrolling is heading for Britain after having shifted oceans to the Pacific.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:10 UTC

  US main interest is a “stable Argentina”, warns Falklands Task Force head

  

  The head of the Royal Navy Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict has warned about UK defense cuts and underlined that United States has little interest in supporting Britain in any conflict since a stable Argentina is more important to the State Department.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 16:33 UTC

  Falklands Task Force flagship arrives to scrap-metal yard in Turkey

  

  HMS Invincible the flagship of the Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands in 1982 and later served in Bosnia in 1995 and Iraq in 1998 and 1999 has reached her final resting place: a recycling yard in Aliaga, heart of the Turkey’s ship-breaking industry.

• 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.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 15:57 UTC

  Next RN Ice patrol in Portsmouth; in June she becomes HMS Protector

  

  The next Royal Navy Ice patrol vessel is expected this week in Portsmouth where she will be taking over the navy’s Antarctic mission in November following the accident suffered by HMS Endurance in 2008.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 15:47 UTC

  Final trip for HMS Gloucester after Falklands’ duties and Saxon Warrior exercise

  

  Veteran warship HMS Gloucester, the Fighting G, which spent most of her last twelve months in South Atlantic duties in the Falklands and South Georgia, returned to Portsmouth for the last time Monday 23.

• Sunday, May 22nd 2011 - 22:32 UTC

  UK ends military operation in Iraq which was started in 2003

  

  UK's military operation in Iraq will officially end midnight Sunday, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. It comes after the Royal Navy completed its training of Iraqi sailors, with the last personnel leaving the country on Friday.

• Monday, May 16th 2011 - 16:04 UTC

  Plastic made HMS Ramsey mine-hunter heads for the Middle East

  

  A Royal Navy warship that was made from plastic rather than metal to avoid triggering mines was due to set sail to the Gulf from its base at Faslane. HMS Ramsey was made from glass-reinforced plastic so can get near mines where other Navy ships cannot.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 15:56 UTC

  Falklands’ pilgrimage of HMS Fearless veterans to honor fallen comrades

  

  Ten veterans of HMS Fearless, deployed as part of Operation Corporate during the 1982 Falklands conflict, were reunited on a pilgrimage to the Falklands this week.

• Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 15:29 UTC

  BAE wins £59m contract for Falklands patrol ship maintenance HMS Clyde

  

  BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defense company, has won a £59m contract for the maintenance of HMS Clyde, the Royal Navy's continuously-deployed patrol vessel in the Falkland Islands.