DeploymentMare HarbourFIPS assigned to BFSAI departed HMNB Portsmouth to become Falkland Islands Patrol ship, relieving HMS Dumbarton Castle, and replacing the Castle class vessels in this role.
Relief as Falklands Guardship delayed, possibly by 6 months or more, after serious faults discovered in newly built HMS Forth, the relieving vessel.
2019-dec-15
Port Visit
Port VisitBase Naval de Lisboa Visited Lisbon on return leg to UK as Falklands Guardship.
2019-dec-20
Port Visit
Port VisitHMNB 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.
2020-aug
Fate: transfered
Fate: transfered from BAE Systems to Bahraini Navy as RBNS Al Zubara
Simon Town Naval Dockyard completed refit at Simons Town in Apr 2017
Base Naval de Lisboa Visited Lisbon on return leg to UK as Falklands Guardship.
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.
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