RN Frigates: Type 23 Duke Class

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Great to see HMS Somerset finally begin post-refit sea trials - sailing for the first time since autumn 2018
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 6681351180
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Pelican wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:09 pm SOMERSET

Great to see HMS Somerset finally begin post-refit sea trials - sailing for the first time since autumn 2018
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 6681351180
HMS Somerset outbound from Devonport to begin post LIFEX-refit sea trials yesterday.
Life extended to around 2031. Did not have PMGU (new engines) but fitted with Sea Ceptor, various other upgrades and underwent complete refurbishment.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 09/photo/1
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hms argyll suffered 2 incidents (believed to be fire/flood) before arrival in Liverpool in early March.
RN says incidents not significant - dealt with using standard procedures.
Argyll to enter planned refit in Devonport soon, serving until around 2026
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Frigate HMS Somerset returns to sea after four years following massive revamp

HMS Somerset headed out to sea for the first time in nearly four years as the frigate emerged from refit.
After more than one million hours of work by skilled engineers, technicians and shipwrights, the warship left Plymouth today as the latest ship in her 12-strong class to complete a massive overhaul – known as LIFEX (life extension).

She has undergone maintenance, received updates and structural improvements to her hull and living spaces, and enhanced sensors and weapon systems led by the latest Sea Ceptor air defence missile system, replacing the obsolete Sea Wolf.

Additional upgrades to key electronic equipment, including communications, navigation and computer systems have been undertaken, ensuring the ship can operate against the latest threats well into the next decade.

Diesel generators have been replaced and the remainder of the propulsion system received an enhanced clean. Other key ancillary systems have been overhauled and updated.

The work allows these workhorses of the Fleet – designed in the 1980s and originally intended to serve for around 18 years – to remain in the vanguard of naval warfare until their successor Type 26 and 31 frigates begin entering service later this decade and into the mid-2030s.

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Meanwhile HMS Iron Duke is the next frigate due to exit the Frigate Support Centre and continue her overhaul ahead of HMS Argyll and HMS Westminster arriving later this year.

Full article and photos at - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... D5oYuVENoI
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Happy Birthday HMS NORTHUMBERLAND!

Today we celebrate the 30th anniversary of our launch. Remaining evergreen through continued technological advances and upgrades, today we are closer to the future T26 than we are to the original T23.
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HMS Richmond's Operations Room keeping watch of the air, surface and sub-surface pictures as we escort HMS PWLS in the Arctic.
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HMS Monmouth's bell to the town of Monmouth

The life of one of the Royal Navy’s stalwart warships symbolically ended as the bell from HMS Monmouth was donated to the people of her namesake town.

Lieutenant Commander Steve Reah, the last Senior Naval Officer of the ‘Black Duke’ handed over the prized artefact to Councillor Terry Christopher, Mayor of Monmouth, as a token of appreciation for the Welsh town’s support for the frigate. [See photos with link below].

Monmouth was decommissioned last summer and is currently awaiting her fate in Portsmouth Harbour.

Key equipment was removed, as well as some of the more treasured symbols and objects which are unique to a warship – badges, tampions, honours board and the ship’s bell.

The brass bell was cast before the warship was commissioned in September 1993 and, although its role on board is largely traditional/symbolic – unlike in days of old they are no longer sounded to announce the change of watch aboard – they remain a much-loved feature.

In keeping with Naval tradition, the names of children who have been baptised on board are engraved on the inside of the bell, which served as a baptismal font.
It has stayed with the ship throughout her time as a commissioned warship – 28 years, during which the Plymouth-based warship sailed in excess of half a million miles and visited over 200 ports.

Her last deployment was to accompany the Royal Navy’s first fifth-generation aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, in 2018 when she sailed to the East coast of the United States on trials.

“It gives me great pleasure to present the ship’s bell from HMS Monmouth to the beautiful town of Monmouth,” Lt Cdr Reah told Cllr Christopher.

“The Royal Navy and the thousands of Sailors that have served in HMS Monmouth thank the Town and associated affiliations for the extremely close bond that has existed, including being awarded the Freedom of the Town in 2004. The presentation of the Bell serves as a fitting memory of this 28-year relationship, and we hope Monmouth enjoys displaying it for many years into the future.”

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IRON DUKE

HMS Iron Duke is afloat again after major refit at Devonport Naval Base
Originally designed to hunt Soviet subs it has undergone a massive refit programme in HMNB Devonport
See - https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/p ... in-6967731
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Pelican wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:05 pm IRON DUKE

HMS Iron Duke is afloat again after major refit at Devonport Naval Base
Originally designed to hunt Soviet subs it has undergone a massive refit programme in HMNB Devonport
See - https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/p ... in-6967731
ALSO SEE:

UK: Royal Navy's Type 23 frigate Iron Duke is back after a major refit
https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.p ... 14dQp-IcEM
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RICHMOND

When a warship needs fuel and other supplies, something like snow won't get in the way. HMS Richmond and RFA Tidesurge met up in the Arctic recently for a replenishment-at-sea.
Read more about Richmond's time in the Arctic:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... DKjpIKwN5w
RAS VIDEO AT - https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1102218603843197
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