Falklands' patrol vessel HMS Forth, P222 has arrived back in the Islands to resume her duties as a guard ship following a refit and maintenance operation in Gibraltar. As a consequence HMS Medway ...
Launched on 22 August 1918, HMS Hood was the 13th and final British battlecruiser ... But she was too urgently needed to be spared for a full refit. Bismarck, in contrast, was a much more modern ...
The Royal Navy said HMS Sutherland was the final Type 23 frigate to receive the life extension upgrades by defence company Babcock, allowing it to continue service into the mid-2030s. It said ...
Notably, HMS Sutherland is said to have required around 600 structural inserts as part of the refit. The upkeep work was carried out at Babcock’s Royal Naval Dockyard located inside HMNB Devonport.