From aircraft carriers and assault ships to small patrol boats and survey vessels, the Royal Navy can call upon an arsenal of warships and weaponry to meet any challenge thrown up by global crises – be they man-made or acts of God.
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Ships
HMS Albion
HMS Albion, along with her sister ship HMS Bulwark, is one of the Navy’s two amphibious assault ships with a single aim: to deliver the punch of the Royal Marines ashore by air and by sea. We do that using landing craft from our cavernous loading dock – the ship can flood her stern to allow the boats in and out – and helicopters from our vast flight deck.
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HMS Albion
HMS Albion, along with her sister ship HMS Bulwark, is one of the Navy’s two amphibious assault ships with a single aim: to deliver the punch of the Royal Marines ashore by air and by sea. We do that using landing craft from our cavernous loading dock – the ship can flood her stern to allow the boats in and out – and helicopters from our vast flight deck.
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HMS Iron Duke
HMS Iron Duke, the ship in which Prince William served, returned to Portsmouth from a busy and varied six-and-a-half month Gulf deployment in July. After some well earned leave she will be back at sea providing crucial training for future Warfare Officers and Aircrew before going into a significant upkeep period in early 2012.
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HMS Monmouth
HMS Monmouth, the ‘Black Duke’ – the ship which has more battle honours than any other serving warship. She is currently in her home port of Plymouth, recovering from her recent 7 month deployment East of Suez and preparing to deploy once again
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HMS Richmond
HMS Richmond is among the most tried and tested in the Fleet, having pounded Saddam Hussein’s defences on the Al Faw peninsula in the opening hours of the 2003 Iraq campaign, to providing vital aid in the Caribbean after Hurricane Ivan – the tenth strongest storm in history – steamrollered through a succession of islands in 2004.
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HMS Daring
HMS Daring is the first of the Navy’s six £1bn Type 45 destroyers and she is the first of class to deploy. In preparation she conducted work-ups with an American Carrier battle Group back in 2010 and gone through a series of upgrade programmes to ensure she met the high standards required for deploying RN units. Daring is designed to create a defensive shield around a task force – and troops ashore – protecting them from air attack. The ship was launched on a bitterly cold day at BAE Systems’ yard in Scotstoun on the Clyde in February 2006 by her sponsor, the Countess of Wessex.
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HMS York
HMS York is Britain’s youngest Type 42 destroyer – and also the fastest (over 34 knots to be precise – just short of 40mph). Launched in 1982 and accepted into service in March 1985, the ship celebrated 25 years in service in 2010. The spring of her birthday year was spent in the Falklands – a busy deployment that saw her travel more than 25,000 nautical miles.
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HMS Brocklesby
HMS Brocklesby is one of eight Hunt-class Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMVs) based in Portsmouth. Built by Vosper Thornycroft from glass re-inforced plastic, Brocklesby was launched in 1982 and commissioned 13 months later. The third Ship to bear the name, she won her most recent battle honours clearing sea-lanes in to Umm Qasr in Iraq during Operation Telic in 2003. In early 2011 she joined Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) along with her NATO European brethren, conducting Historical Ordinance Disposal, Route Survey and Maritime Security in the Mediterranean. Since then she has been acting in support of Operation Unified Protector and UNSCR 1973 to enforce the arms embargo off Libya and help protect the Libyan population. She is the first Royal Navy MCMV to conduct live Mine Disposal Operations in response to specific mining since 2003. The Ship’s motto is: “vincit amor patriae” – love of country conquers.
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Latest Ship News
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Wildcat impresses during its first trials aboard a warship17/02/2012
The Navy’s next-generation helicopter has completed 20 days of demanding trials aboard HMS Iron Duke – laying the groundwork for future operations. Wildcat landed nearly 400 times on the frigate’s flight deck by day and night in various weather conditions as the ship sailed off the coasts of southern England and northern Scotland.
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Hague thanks Montrose on South Africa visit16/02/2012
Foreign Secretary William Hague thanked sailors on HMS Montrose for their efforts when he visited the Devonport-based frigate in South Africa.Mr Hague called on in on the warship in Simon’s Town as she paused her South Atlantic deployment briefly.
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‘Ice refugee’ HMS Bulwark pays unexpected visit to the home of the German Navy15/02/2012
Britain’s flagship paid a surprise visit to the German port of Kiel when ice stopped her sailing into Hamburg. The threat of being stuck on the Elbe thanks to the cold snap dominating Europe led to HMS Bulwark visiting the home of the German Fleet instead as she begins her winter deployment.
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HMS Grimsby Pays Namesake town first visit in five years13/02/2012
Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Grimsby will arrive in her affiliated home town on Friday (Feb 17) for her first visit in five years... and it’s hoped the people of Lincolnshire will turn out in their droves to welcome her.Civic affiliations are an important part of the Royal Navy’s commitment to raising the awareness of the variety of roles, equipment and people that make up the Senior Service. This visit will allow the ship’s company of HMS Grimsby to cement the already-strong links they have with Grimsby and Cleethorpes.
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HMS Montrose visits remote islands10/02/2012
Sailing through sea mist in the South Atlantic, a navy warship approaches one of four islands which make up the British Territory of Tristan de Cunha.Found 230 nautical miles south-east of the island Tristan, Gough Island has special naval connections. It is named after Captain Charles Gough, who carried out a similar patrol here for the Royal Navy in 1731.
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