RFA Cardigan Bay logistics ship is also in the region. The Royal Navy has announced the HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, will join HMS Montrose which is due to go in for “pre-planned maintenance ...

Thousands turned out on the banks of the Clyde in Scotland to cheer on the latest ship to make up the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 destroyer class. Defender sailed for the first time this week.

Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring is travelling from Portsmouth to Birkenhead for a multi-million pound engine refit. The ship has been undergoing maintenance since returning in May 2017 from a nine ...

Of the six state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer ships currently in the Navy’s surface fleet, four are currently in the refit yard at Portsmouth. The ships are undergoing a programme of improvements.

Of the six state of the art Type 45 destroyer ships, four are currently based in Portsmouth undergoing repair work, leaving Britain severely underprepared at a time of increased global insecurity.

The Type 45 destroyer - which will be replaced in the region by HMS Duncan after it left the UK in May - was welcomed back to its home port of Portsmouth on Saturday. Crew members told of their ...

They need to be in train now and aren’t. The Type 45 destroyer is due out of service in the mid 2030s and one doesn’t need to ...