Category Archives: RN Destroyers

Royal Navy to study extending Type 45 destroyers service life

Having previously been committed to an out of service date of 2035-38, the MoD now says it has set aside money to study whether the Type 45 destroyers will need to be extended in service. The Type 83 replacement programme has been abandoned, and the alternative Hybrid Navy vision of Common Combat Vessels (CCV) and uncrewed platformsContinue reading “Royal Navy to study extending Type 45 destroyers service life”

Royal Navy ships take respite in Kenya after months in Middle East

HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay have arrived in Mombasa for maintenance, resupply and crew rest after several months deployed in the Middle East. The visit takes the two ships temporarily away from preparations for a potential multinational operation in the Strait of Hormuz. HMS Dragon sailed from the UK on 10 March, in theContinue reading “Royal Navy ships take respite in Kenya after months in Middle East”

 ” HMS Foxhound ” H69 .

HMS Foxhound was one of nine F-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. Although she was assigned to the Home Fleet, the ship was detached as part of the Mediterranean Fleet to enforce the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39. Several weeks after the start of the Second World War in September 1939, Foxhound helped toContinue reading ” ” HMS Foxhound ” H69 .”

HMS Glamorgan D19

Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy with a displacement of 5,440 tonnes. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan.[2] She was launched on 9 July 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later.[2] in 1974, she was the subject of a refit,[3] when ‘B’ turret was replaced by four Exocet launchers[1] in an attemptContinue reading “HMS Glamorgan D19”

More tears, cheers and jubilation as HMS Duncan follows flagship into Portsmouth Harbour – Photos and Videos

Joe Hearn – 24th July 2026 at 4:00pm Excitement, relief and nervous anticipation filled the jetty of Portsmouth Naval Base as hundreds of friends and family gathered to welcome home their loved ones.  HMS Prince of Wales has completed the first phase of her 2026 deployment as part of Operation Firecrest to the Arctic andContinue reading “More tears, cheers and jubilation as HMS Duncan follows flagship into Portsmouth Harbour – Photos and Videos”