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The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth left Plymouth yesterday on a seven-month maritime security deployment to the Gulf.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
UK warships have joined multinational forces in Bahrain to take part in the second International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX).
HMS Monmouth and her Royal Marines have been working with the US Navy to demonstrate how they can help keep the sea lanes open in the Middle East.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond MP, has travelled to Bahrain to visit the United Kingdom’s Maritime Component Command (UKMCC) headquarters. During his visit, Mr Hammond met the team at the UKMCC and found out first hand about...
HMS Cumberland sailed for the Middle East yesterday where she will conduct maritime policing patrols as part of the wider international effort to deal with illegal use of maritime trade routes in the region.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt gave a statement to the House of Commons following the seizure of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Hundreds of well-wishers welcomed the ship home at HM Naval Base Devonport. Entertainment on the jetty-side included a Royal Marines Band, a…
HMS Middleton and HMS Pembroke have both experienced emotional homecomings today after each spending three challenging years on deployment.
Portsmouth mine warfare experts have taken over from their Faslane colleagues in charge of the Royal Navy's mine warfare force in the Gulf.
Exercise Saif Ledge brought together units from the Kuwaiti, French and US navies as well as our own Royal Navy, and also included units from…
A Royal Navy frigate has conducted a series of manoeuvres with Kuwaiti armed forces in the Gulf.
The exercise is designed to enable the two navies to further develop mine hunting techniques in the warm, shallow waters of the Middle East,…
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt and colleagues from his Gulf Initiative Ministerial group met Ambassadors from the Gulf Co-operation Council states on Thursday 13 October at the Foreign Office.
Minehunter HMS Grimsby recently met up with HMS Iron Duke in the Gulf.
Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana on 28 August and has since been downgraded to a Tropical Storm.
The ship's company of Royal Navy warship HMS Monmouth have been keeping themselves in shape and ready for operations in the Gulf while transiting the Mediterranean.
Boris Johnson calls on Gulf states to discuss ‘measured and realistic’ demands to deescalate tensions
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