RFA Mounts Bay has resumed duties patrolling the Mediterranean to counter illegal arms trafficking. The vessel takes over from HMS Diamond, which carried out the role for two months while Mounts Bay underwent planned maintenance, as well as playing a role in a joint maritime exercise, Albanian Lion, in September 2016. The ...
Sailors on board HMS Portland are ready to start securing the seas having arrived in the Middle East. The ship’s company of the Devonport-based Type 23 frigate have arrived in Bahrain, six weeks into their nine-month deployment. Having made the 7,000-mile journey from the UK, they are now ready to begin ...