HMS Monmouth sails from city for the last time ahead of being scrapped
The Type 23 frigate was originally put up for tender alongside three other retired vessels. HMS Walney, a Sandown-class ...
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HMS Montrose, a long time friend of the Falklands has come to the end of her active life
Montrose was the seventh ship in the class of 16 Duke-class frigates to be laid down (back in 1989) and the eighth to be commissioned (1994). Sponsored by the late Lady Rifkind, whose husband was ...
Royal Navy: Well-travelled HMS Iron Duke enters "major maintenance period" after shadowing Russian warships
HMS Iron Duke, originally based in Portsmouth but now in Plymouth, has spent the past 12 months conducting various ...
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HMS Portland with a female commander leaves for Atlantic patrol
HMS Portland is one of 13 Type 23, Duke Class frigates serving in the Royal Navy. The Type 23 frigate is the mainstay of the surface fleet in the modern Royal Navy. Originally, the frigate was a ...
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Report to Congress on Navy Constellation-class Frigate
The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of six have been procured through FY2024. Current Navy plans call for procuring a total of at least 20 ...
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Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland “reaching the end” of four-year refit
The Type 23 frigate was notably revealed in ... The cost to refit and maintain the ageing class is also a factor, with HMS ...
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Iranian forces have been harassing this British warship almost daily in the Persian Gulf
The HMS Montrose and its crew made international headlines in mid-July when the Duke-class frigate positioned itself between approaching IRGC vessels and the BP oil tanker "British Heritage" the ...