Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Royal Navy Has Received the First Of Five New Gunboats Built To Protect Britain's Fishing Waters

The Royal Navy 'stands ready' to protect Britain's fisheries after taking delivery of HMS Forth (pictured) - the first of five state of the art gunboats joining the fleet

Daily Mail: Royal Navy receives the first of its five state of the art new gunboats built to protect Brexit Britain's fishing waters

* HMS Forth has been introduced to the Royal Navy after arriving in Portsmouth
* The Offshore Patrol Vessels will protect the nation's coastline after Brexit
* Gavin Williamson said the ships proved Britain 'stands ready' to protect fisheries

The Royal Navy 'stands ready' to protect Britain's fisheries after taking delivery of the first of five state of the art gunboats, the Defence Secretary has claimed.

Gavin Williamson said the introduction to the fleet of HMS Forth showed Britain was ready for its future as a newly independent coastal nation.

The Government will hope the delivery of the ship - a River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel - will calm fears in fishing communities Brexit will not regain full control of the nation's fishing waters.

Concessions in the Brexit transition deal provoked a huge row this week with one Tory MP branding them worse than a 'cup of cold sick'.

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WNU editor: These gunboats are designed to spend 320 days a year on the water with the capacity for 39 crew at a time, and they cost £116m per ship.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Keep those pesky Icelandic cod boats out of UK waters:)

rjmull said...

Useless for anything other than stopping fishing boats. Nonexistent anti ship, anti sub, anti missile, and anti aircraft capabilities.