Double farewell with ship's bell
The British Navy decommissioned two minehunters yesterday (4 August) in Rosyth. HMS Ramsey had to leave the Royal Navy after just 21 years and 175,000 nautical miles, while HMS Blyth had only been in service for 20 years but had travelled 185,000 nautical miles. Over the past decades, they have been seen time and again around the British Isles and in the waters of European NATO partners. However, the two Sandown-class boats became famous because they were the first units to sail to the Persian Gulf in 2007 and 2008 to test a mission in the climatic conditions there. They were subsequently...
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