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How the Royal Navy’s TAPS Protects the UK from Submarine Threats
In this guest article, Lee Pilgrim highlights the work of the Towed Array Patrol Ship (TAPS), the RN’s frigate specifica ...
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UK to ax amphibious assault ships, a frigate 31 helicopters and obsolete drones
He said the ageing Type 23 frigate HMS Northumberland was beyond economic repair and would be decommissioned, along with two Wave-class tankers, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler. . The Army's ...
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Royal Navy frigate underwater sonar struck by Russian submarine
HMS Northumberland's sonar apparatus was struck while deployed underwater by a vessel it was tracking in the North Atlantic in late 2020. The collision was revealed by a Channel 5 documentary ...
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Napoleon in Torbay
This picture shows the scene in Torbay on 7th August 1815, when Napoleon was transferred from the Bellerophon to HMS Northumberland for transportation to exile in the island of St. Helena.