Emma Turton – 18th December 2025 at 10:46am Ending a busy year with more than eight months away from her home port on national tasking, HMS Somerset has returned to Plymouth. Her taskings have included operations tracking Russian vessels – including the Yantar – in UK waters, working alongside Nato allies, and the firing of the first NavalContinue reading “In pictures: Submarine-hunting HMS Somerset home for Xmas after eight months away”
Category Archives: RN Frigates
HMS Andromeda was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy.
She was built at HM Dockyard Portsmouth. She was launched on 24 May 1967 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 December 1968. She took part in the Falklands War and was sold to India in 1995, for use as a training ship, being renamed INS Krishna. She was finally decommissioned in May 2012.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Andromeda_(F57)Continue reading “HMS Andromeda was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy.”
Royal Navy’s longest-serving frigate retires
December 9, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić The Royal Navy’s longest-serving frigate, HMS Lancaster, has been retired after 34 years of operational service. The 4,500-tonne warship powered down its engines in Bahrain after completing 4,097 days at sea and travelling 816,000 nautical miles. Launched by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the Clyde in 1990 and namedContinue reading “Royal Navy’s longest-serving frigate retires”
HMS Lancaster retiring: Built for 18 years of service – but went on to do 34
Mike Morton – 5th December 2025 at 1:04pm HMS Lancaster is being retired after almost 35 years of service – nearly double her expected lifespan. The Type 23 frigate will not be coming to the UK one final time, as the decision has been made to dispose of her in Bahrain. However, Fleet Commander ViceContinue reading “HMS Lancaster retiring: Built for 18 years of service – but went on to do 34”
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