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RN Gibraltar Squadron

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Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron have taken delivery of their second new £5m patrol boat.

HMS Dagger joins HMS Cutlass for their role of ‘guardians of the Rock’, replacing HMS Sabre and Scimitar, which operated in Gibraltar’s waters for nearly two decades.

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Newly commissioned HMS Dagger keeps an eye on Spanish frigate Blas de Lezo close to Gibraltar territorial waters.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 84/photo/1


Keeping busy - HMS Dagger escorts a Spanish Coast Guard vessel making an illegal incursion into Gibraltar territorial waters.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 39/photo/1
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Spanish warship in illegal incursion into Gibraltar waters

A Spanish Navy vessel, the Infanta Elena, entered Gibraltar waters on Thursday.
A Royal Navy RHIB responded and escorted it out.
See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/spanish ... ar-waters/

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New fast boats are a boost to Navy’s force patrolling Gibraltar’s waters

Royal Navy crews say the new fast patrol boats Cutlass and Dagger are a boost to safeguarding the Rock.
Six months into operations with the Royal Navy’s Gibraltar Squadron, and the pair – which form the core of the squadron alongside a handful of RIBs – are making their presence felt locally… and are looking to stretch their legs beyond the western gateway to the Med.
Commissioned in May and July respectively, Cutlass and Dagger are larger and more heavily armed than Scimitar and Sabre, and considerably faster than HMS Dasher and Pursuer which plugged the gap between the old boats and their permanent replacements.
The task remains the same: provide security in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, keeping close watch over Gibraltar’s shores, reassuring the Rock’s 34,000 inhabitants, demonstrating UK sovereignty, exercising with local and visiting forces, and provide protection to visiting warships, submarines and support vessels alongside their civilian counterparts in the Gibraltar Defence Police force.
Three water jets power the boats through Gibraltar’s waters at speeds up to 40kts. The boats are fitted with ‘high-shock’ seating to ensure the bumps are more bearable for the crew when Dagger and Cutlass are zipping along.
Surveillance cameras/sensors, including infra-red and laser tracking, help crew monitor the progress of suspicious contacts by day and night.
“The engines are jet-propelled – the first of their kind operated by the Royal Navy – and allow us to operate at speeds in excess of 40kts,” explained Lieutenant Commander Ollie Barrett, Cutlass’ Commanding Officer.
“It means we can be expected to escort similarly fast-moving vessels conducting illicit activities.”

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Also see video at - https://twitter.com/RoyalNavy/status/15 ... 51/video/1
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