A Royal Navy ship has been deployed to the English Channel as part of the UK’s response to the recent increase in migrant crossings. HMS Mersey will support Border Force and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in their efforts to patrol the stretch of water, keep the UK border secure and ...
Following 12 months out on deployment, the crew of the HMS Mersey are to return to the UK next month. The patrol ship left Portsmouth in January last year, setting off for the Caribbean before making her way east to the Mediterranean and then on to the Aegean. With a ship’s company ...