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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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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 ...
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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 Iron Duke’s 2023 refit costing more than £100m ($125m).
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Royal Navy: Well-travelled HMS Iron Duke enters "major maintenance period" after shadowing Russian warships
HMS Iron Duke and tanker RFA Tideforce were activated to shadow the Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate Admiral Golovko. RFS Golovko passed through the North Sea and was accompanied by oceanographic ...
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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 ...