HMS Sirius (F40) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN) built by H.M. Dockyard Portsmouth, and was the penultimate RN warship to be built there for a period of forty years, until Vosper Thornycroft built HMS Clyde. Sirius was launched on 22 September 1964 and commissioned on 15 June 1966. The ship continuedContinue reading “HMS Sirius (F40) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN)”
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HMS Somerset in high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase with allied submarines in Arctic – 19th February 2025 at 1:05pm
HMS Somerset chased allied submarines on Exercise Arctic Dolphin (Picture: Royal Navy) Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has spent two weeks hunting allied submarines in the Norwegian fjords, engaging in a tense cat-and-mouse game to push trainee commanders to their limits. The Plymouth-based warship took part in Exercise Arctic Dolphin, working with Norwegian, Danish andContinue reading “HMS Somerset in high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase with allied submarines in Arctic – 19th February 2025 at 1:05pm”
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