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2 decommissioned British minehunters set to be transferred to Ukraine

The Royal Navy decommissioned two Sandown-class minehunters, HMS Blyth (M-111) and HMS Ramsey (M-110), during a formal ceremony held in Rosyth, Scotland, the Roral Navy announced. Her Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Simon Henderson said: “The whole crew are immensely proud of what this ship has achieved in her lifetime and particularly over the last few years. Our final entry into Rosyth…

#RoyalNavy minehunters #HMSBlyth and #HMSLedbury return after completion of three-year Gulf mission.

Royal Navy minehunters HMS Blyth (M111) and HMS Ledbury (M30) returned to the UK after completion of a three-year Gulf mission.

HMS Blyth, a Sandown-class minehunter, arrived at HMNB Clyde in Scotland while HMS Ledbury, a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel, arrived at HMNB Portsmouth. The two minehunters completed the 6,000-mile journey from Bahrain where they’ve spent more than 1,000 days…

#RoyalNavy minehunters #HMSBlyth and #HMSLedbury due home after three years on #Gulf mission.

The UK Royal Navy minehunters HMS Blyth (M111) and HMS Ledbury (M30) are returning home to the UK after completing three years of operations in the Gulf.

The minehunters are almost at the end of their 6,000-mile journey home after more than 1,000 days away from Britain’s shores. The trusty pair parted ways as they approached the UK, with Blyth on her final stretch into her home at Faslane and…

#RoyalNavy minehunters #HMSChiddingfold and #HMSPenzance arrive in the Gulf.

Royal Navy minehunters HMS Chiddingfold and HMS Penzance have arrived in the Gulf after a 6,000-mile odyssey from their home ports in the UK.

The duo, who are replacing HMS Blyth and Ledbury, were at sea for two-and-a-half months as they sailed through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Bab El Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz before arriving in Bahrain, home for the pair for the next…

#BrusselleCarral selected as supplier of deck equipment for Belgian, Dutch mine hunting vessels.

Belgian company Brusselle Carral has been selected as supplier of deck equipment for the mine hunters built by Kership for Belgium Naval & Robotics for the Belgian and Dutch Navies, on July 28.

Brusselle Carral is based in Zeebruges, Flanders and its activities focus on engineering and producing winches and steering gears. They have been selected in the frame of the naval mine countermeasures…

#RoyalNavy minehunter HMS Ramsey joins #NATO minehunting Force in #Baltic. #SNMCMG1

The UK Royal Navy Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV), HMS Ramsey (M110) has taken her place alongside NATO counterparts in the Baltic.

The Faslane-based ship – which specialises in finding mines in deep waters – is spending the next five weeks with an international task group dealing with problems past, present and future.

She takes over from her sister HMS Grimsby which earlier…

#RoyalNavy Minehunter #HMSLedbury Trains with #BritishArmy in #Bahrain.

Sailors of Royal Navy minehunter HMS Ledbury and British Army soldiers have completed rigorous training on how to defend the ship from threats while alongside, in Bahrain.

Measures to safeguard British military assets – known as ‘force protection’ – are well-established, but this training was necessary so the Royal Navy and Army can work together seamlessly to respond to attacks.

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