HMS Richmond to be decommissioned this year – Royal Navy down to six frigates - Navy Lookout

HMS Richmond to be decommissioned this year – Royal Navy down to six frigates - Navy Lookout

It was confirmed yesterday at a farewell Parade in her affiliated town of Richmond in Yorkshire, that the frigate is to be retired following 31-years of service. HMS Richmond was the last warship built by the great Swan Hunter shipyard on the Tyne and commissioned in 1995. The penultimate ships built by the yard were […] The post HMS Richmond to be decommissioned this year – Royal Navy down to six frigates first appeared on Navy Lookout.

RN down to six frigates | The Australian Naval Institute

It was confirmed yesterday at a farewell Parade in her affiliated town of Richmond in Yorkshire, that the frigate is to be retired following 31-years of service. HMS Richmond was the last warship built by the great Swan Hunter shipyard on the Tyne and commissioned in 1995, Navy Lookout reports. The penultimate ships built by […]