HMS Monmouth was put up for tender alongside three other retired ships. In response to a freedom ... and HMS Montrose as part of the tender. A Royal Navy spokesperson said: “Both HMS Monmouth ...

No bids were made for the vessel, which was commissioned into the Royal Navy fleet in February 1993. There are currently no plans regarding the disposal of the ship. HMS Monmouth was also part of ...

Labour has been accused of selling off Royal Navy ships at a “knock-down price” despite spending millions of taxpayer money on the vessels. In November, it was announced that HMS Albion and HMS ...

A Plymouth-based frigate has returned to sea following a four-year long overhaul at Devonport Dockyard. The Royal Navy said HMS Sutherland was the final Type 23 frigate to receive the life extension ...

Six ships have previously borne the name, earning six battle honours, including the River Plate and Okinawa.' A previous HMS Achilles, a Leander Class cruiser, was part of a Royal Navy squadron ...

The King intervened over the renaming of HMS Agincourt to avoid offending ... ‘The name was proposed by the Royal Navy Ships Names and Badging committee and confirmed by the Palace.’ ...

There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now under ...

HMS Forth, one of five new OPVs being delivered for the Royal Navy, will enter service this year. Her sister ships – HMS Medway, HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey – are all expected to enter ...

The seventh and final Astute-class submarine was to be called HMS Agincourt ... than rebuilding our defence,” he said. Six Royal Navy ships in the past have been named after Achilles, the ...

A previous vessel named HMS Achilles received battle honours during World War Two. Another ship with the name took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when the Royal Navy defeated a French ...