Royal Navy ships based in Plymouth and Portsmouth were deployed to track Russian warships through British waters this week, a navy spokesperson has said. Plymouth-based HMS St Albans, a Type-23 frigate, monitored the Admiral Golovoko as it sailed east through the English Channel and launched a Merlin helicopter to gather information from the air. Portsmouth-based...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is in talks with the Brazilian navy over the sale of two former Royal Navy amphibious warships. The MoD confirmed it was in “discussions” with the Brazilian armed forces over their “acquisition” of Devon based HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion. The government announced in November that both ships were due...
