RN Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) - River Class

[Pelican]

HMS Spey in floating dry dock at Yokohama

[ivorthediver]

Nothing serious I trust

[Pelican]

Nothing serious I trust

Probably a bottom scrape, repaint and 'down below' external inspection etc.
The 2 Rivers are certainly clocking up the N.M.s.

[ivorthediver]

Ahh thanks for that Derek , hoped it was but not that clued up with periodic maintenance

[Pelican]

Navy Lookout
HMS Spey out of floating dry dock last night and back alongside at Yokohama, Japan.

[Pelican]

Scope for extended patrol ship operations after HMS Tamar’s successful link-up with US Navy tender

A US Navy support ship demonstrated it could enhance the scope of Royal Navy operations in the South Pacific.
For the first time, HMS Tamar berthed alongside the USS Emory S Land – treating the US Navy submarine tender not just as a floating quayside or jetty, but also ‘plugging in’ to the vessel’s fuel, water and power supply.

For good measure, the experimental link-up – known as ‘rafting up’ – was completed by a third ship, Australian survey ship HMAS Leeuwin, as all three vessels met up in Cairns, Queensland.

The Emory S Land acts as a tender (historically known as a ‘depot ship’ in the Royal Navy), providing forward support to US Navy hunter-killer nuclear submarines – electricity, water, consumables, spare parts, repairs, engineering assistance – and their crews – medical and dental aid, mail, food, administration – to sustain operations when there’s no naval base available.

The UK does the same – except for Royal Navy and US minehunters rather than submarines – operating in the Gulf, using ship RFA Cardigan Bay to provide similar facilities to mine warfare vessels, extending their operations.

Continues https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... th-us-navy

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Navy Lookout
Winter in the South Atlantic.
HMS Forth alongside at Mare Harbour in the Falkland Islands.

[Brian James]

Batch 2 River Class OPV HMS Spey pictured undergoing an undisclosed defect rectification at Yokosuka's Floating Dry Dock facility on June 25th 2024.

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UK Royal Navy’s Batch 2 River OPVs show value of small ship diplomacy

The operations of HMS Tamar and HMS Spey in recent weeks have demonstrated the role that small ships play, and how they are sustained while forward deployed.

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UK Royal Navy’s Batch 2 River OPVs show value of small ship diplomacy

The operations of HMS Tamar and HMS Spey in recent weeks have demonstrated the role that small ships play, and how they are sustained while forward deployed.

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