The last of five new offshore patrol vessels has formally joined the Royal Navy’s Overseas Patrol Squadron – formerly the Fishery Protection Squadron – following a short ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard on 7 January, reports John Periam. HMS Spey’s…
HMS Clyde, one of the great workhorses of the Royal Navy’s Fishery Protection Squadron (FPS), returned to HMS Naval Base Portsmouth on 20 December after 12 years on patrol around the Falkland Islands, bringing her final voyage as a member…
HMS Mersey P 283 is the youngest of the original batch of River-Class patrol vessels that carries out fisheries protection duties in UK waters out to the median line. (John Periam reports. Photography by Geoffrey Lee) Above: The second RN Pacific…
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