RN Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) - River Class

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HMS Tamar celebrates Trafalgar Day alongside in Sydney harbour - hosting His Excellency the Governor General of Australia

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HMS Tamar sailed from Sydney today.

Pictured astern of HMAS Adelaide and forward of HMAS Arunta alongside at Garden Island naval base.

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Whilst alongside in Sydney HMS Tamar embarked Royal Navy Divers and personnel from the Hydrography Fleet Support Team along with their US Navy counterparts in preparation for a period of uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) trials off the coast of Sydney.

3 Photos at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 45/photo/1

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Patrol ship HMS Tamar spent the past 4 weeks operating in and around Sydney strengthening ties with the Australian Navy

Tamar tested new equipment which will increase the protection of critical underwater infrastructure.

Royal Navy joins allies in test of latest undersea tech during major exercise in Australia

See - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... -australia - for article and series of photos

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HMS Forth has arrived back in the Falklands to resume her duties as guard ship following refit in Gibraltar.

After 9 months in the Islands, HMS Medway has sailed for a maintenance period in the US before resuming her duties in the Caribbean.

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Navy Lookout

Nice merch.
Limited edition hms tamar divers watch available for pre-order.
See - https://www.cwcwatch.com/collections/li ... vers-watch

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British ship on the hunt for drug smugglers

HMS Trent has been deployed to hunt drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea.
HMS Trent usually operates in the Mediterranean and off Africa’s west coast as part of a long-term security mission, but is heading for the Caribbean to clamp down on drugs runners, according to the Royal Navy here.

The patrol ship arrives in the region to replace destroyer HMS Dauntless, which seized more than £200m worth of cocaine during a highly fruitful hurricane season deployment.

“Fellow River-class Batch 2 HMS Medway usually patrols the Caribbean but has been in the South Atlantic – operating around the Falkland Islands – while sister ship HMS Forth underwent extensive maintenance. With Forth now back in her regular stomping ground, it has freed Medway up to get some much-needed maintenance herself and paved the way for Trent to head to the Caribbean.

Ccontinues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british ... smugglers/

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Venezuela has ordered the armed forces to hold military exercises "in response to the UK's decision to send a warship to support neighbouring Guyana"

Note: HMS Trent is a lightly armed Offshore Patrol Vessel.
See - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67836342 & https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67806227

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Navy Lookout

Venezuela has ordered the armed forces to hold military exercises "in response to the UK's decision to send a warship to support neighbouring Guyana"


HMS Trent

Today we were privileged to welcome onboard the Chief Of Defence Staff for Guyana, Brigadier Omar Khan, the British High Commissioner to Guyana, Mrs Jane Miller OBE, and a number of other dignitaries.

4 Photos at - https://twitter.com/HMSTrent/status/174 ... 81/photo/1
And 3 more at - https://twitter.com/HMSTrent/status/174 ... 18/photo/1

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Sir Humphrey

HMS TRENT has visited Guyana. This is a textbook example of 'gunboat diplomacy'.

Pinstripedline blog on UK presence in West Indies, why the RIVER class really don't need more guns/missiles and why an OPV should never be used as a Frigate...See - https://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com ... nboat.html