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HMS Clyde (P257)

UK Royal Navy

2007-

Later BH RBNS Al Zubara (80)

Modified River class

FS · Corvette

Flight Deck:CD
Call Sign:GXRS
Shipyard:HMD Portsmouth

Timeline

DateEvent
Feb 25, 2005 Ordered from VT Shipbuilding, Portsmouth
Jun 2005 Laid down
Jun 14, 2006 Launched
Jul 5, 2007 Commissioned
Aug 20, 2007 Deployment FK Mare Harbour departed HMNB Portsmouth to become Falkland Islands Patrol ship, relieving HMS Dumbarton Castle, and replacing the Castle class vessels in this role. FIPS assigned to BFSAI
Jan 9, 2017 Refit ZA Simon Town Naval Dockyard completed refit at Simons Town in Apr 2017
May 2018 Relief as Falklands Guardship delayed, possibly by 6 months or more, after serious faults discovered in newly built HMS Forth, the relieving vessel.
Dec 15, 2019 Port Visit PT Base Naval de Lisboa Visited Lisbon on return leg to UK as Falklands Guardship.
Dec 20, 2019 Port Visit HMNB Portsmouth returned to HMNB Porstmouth after 12 years, flying her paying off pennant, to prepare for decommissioning, having been replaced in the Falklands by HMS Forth.
Aug 2020 Fate: transfered from BAE Systems to Bahraini Navy as RBNS Al Zubara