HMS Lancaster leaves Portsmouth for three-year mission to the Gulf
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Royal Navy warship HMS Lancaster has set sail for the start of a three-year deployment to the Middle East.
The Type 23 frigate is being forward deployed to Bahrain.
It means the ship will not return home after the traditional six or 9-month deployment - instead, the ship's company will change every four months.
It will allow more time to be spent on patrol, with maintenance being carried out in the region rather than back in the UK.
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Don't retire these great workhorses please. Keep them going - they're still viable even if just used closer to home or in lower priority jobs when the Type 26/31 appears. We need these beasts with their boys & girls to keep going in these dangerous times to increase our surface fleet.
At least three of them will probably end up in Ukrainian service with the way things are going
Why exactly not. The RN hasn’t got the budget or manpower to keep them going, and use the 26s, 31s abd the 32s assuming they don’t get cancelled. The Greeks were planning on buying a few but they switched to buying brand new french frigates. Better than sending them to the scrap yard
Oh I’m not saying they’ll be sent straight away, apart from anything else the first 26 won’t be in service for another 4 years, and as per the terms of the treaty governing the use of the bosphous straits, neither Russia nor Ukraine can move ships into the black sea by the end of the war. But the war will end, probably by the middle of next year. And Ukraine will need a navy.
@Royal Naval Study We have already sent warships to Ukraine, Russia has threatened to take action after everything we have sent, and what have they done, nothing… Empty threats, we could send frigates with no repercussions and the government knows that
@Royal Naval Study Minehunters
Fair winds ☺
I think this forward deployment is good, save on time and fuel from moving ship back and forth while crew actually serve a shorter deployment of 4 months instead of the usual 6 or more
It's replacing the HMS Montrose, ships have been forward deployed since around the early 1700s.
@@Coldstreamer17 I thought it was going to join it.
Legit question, why dont navy ships stop the dinghy crossings? doesnt it defeat the entire point of a navy if it doesnt defend the borders?
Royal Navy are just a glorified taxi service in this respect .
@@Gw0wvl that would be the RNLI
There is a Specific Border Force for the UK which to be honest is stretched to breaking point and is not helped by all the stupid Civilian protocols which the UK's Government enacts.
They are so Incompetent that management of the Border force has been handed over to the MOD.
Good to see Britain doing their bit to ensure security around other places that isn't that backyard, just wonder if they will disclose cost of this fwd deployment.
Bahrain will pick up the bill one way or the other.
Send to the Channel with the guns fully loaded and ready to use.
I thought we built these ships to defend our country, why’s it going to the Arab states. Indefinitely it seems.
because that's where the oil is
More young people should join the armed forces, it's a great life - as long as some of the misguided people in charge don't push CRT and gender in your face. Always remember that you are part of a fighting force there to defend us, you're not a social experiment.
Hi Tim.. 😊
Not going to be smiling at sending their son’s off when they navigate into the Russians 👀
What, in the Gulf? Do be quiet pal
@@chapinblack You don’t think you the Russians can get there?
@@uniqueslave1540 I'm inclined to believe the Russian Navy would perform to a similar level as their army ....but if you wanna believe your still special go ahead
Just a troll sad
4 months? Send them there for 6 months or a year BE A MAN lol
Ridiculous - needs deploying in the channel to stop the French escorting illegal immigrants across the channel.
God speed and good luck. I'll look after your girlfriend whilst you're on deployment mate. More than safe in Aldershot. ;)
So what 🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️
Invade Iran?