Author Archives: David Arkwright

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent, working with 🇺🇸USCG LDET, took their running total to over £500m as they seized more than £200m of cocaine in their fifth Caribbean drugs bust since deploying there in December.

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HMS Portland alongside in Stavanger, Norway, ahead of participation in NATO ASW exercise Dynamic Mongoose with German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern F218, inboard. Yellow CAPTAS-4 sonar is visible at the stern.

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On this day in 1982, HMS Sheffield was hit by an Argentine Exocet, becoming the first Royal Navy ship lost in action since 1945. Though the missile did not detonate it started fires that killed 20 sailors. 260 were rescued by HMS Arrow. HMS Sheffield later sank under tow. Remember.

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Babcockplc, has been awarded a contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group so the company takes end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration – releasing RN personnel. This model is already used to deliver HMS St. Albans to sea three months ahead of schedule.

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