Plymouth-Based Royal Navy Warship to Retire After 4,097 Days at Sea

HMS Lancaster Sails Into The Sunset After Nearly 35 Years of Service

The UK Ministry of Defence has broken its silence and confirmed that the Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster (F229) is within days of retirement, having be...

Plymouth-based Royal Navy warship to retire after 4,097 days at sea

After 34-years of service HMS Lancaster has been decommissioned

British frigate withdrawn from service in Gulf

The Royal Navy has formally retired HMS Lancaster, its longest serving Type 23 frigate, following more than three decades of global operations. The ship will not return to the UK for decommissioning and will instead be prepared for disposal in Bahrain. The Royal Navy noted the milestone publicly, stating on X that its longest serving frigate has been retired after decades of operational service. Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Steve Moorhouse told …

HMS Lancaster to be decommissioned in Bahrain - Navy Lookout

The Royal Navy announced today that the longest-serving Type 23 frigate will not return to the UK as previously planned, but will be decommissioned and subsequently disposed of in Bahrain. Speaking in an unusual video announcement on social media, Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Steve Mooorhouse said this arrangement has saved the need to extend her […] The post HMS Lancaster to be decommissioned in Bahrain first appeared on Navy Lookout.