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Royal Navy in talks to sell Batch I offshore patrol vessels to Uruguay - Navy Lookout
Local media reports the UK has offered to sell the three River-class Batch I OPVs, HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey and HMS Severn to the Uruguayan Navy when they go out of service in 2028. In October 2025, the Uruguayan government announced that it would terminate a contract with Spanish shipyard Cardama, signed in December 2023, […] The post Royal Navy in talks to sell Batch I offshore patrol vessels to Uruguay first appeared on Navy Lookout.
Uruguay considers with “interest” British offer of three Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels
Uruguay's government is considering with “interest” a British offer to acquire three Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), according to El Observador, citing sources at the executive offices. The proposal involves first-generation River-class vessels — HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey, and HMS Severn — operational since 2003 and scheduled for decommissioning in 2028 as part of the British fleet renewal under NATO's defense spending commitments.
The Uruguayan government is negotiating with its British pair the purchase of the three River Batch I class OPVs, HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey and HMS Severn, so that they will be transferred to the Uruguayan National Navy when they leave service in 2028. This happens after the cancellation of the contract with Cardama is announced for the construction of two OPVs, after a series of irregularities denounced from the beginning of the process by members o…
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