HMS Richmond, a Royal Navy frigate, acted an escort for flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Royal Navy's carrier strike group deployment from Portsmouth to Pacific Ocean and back
Often at the front of the Carrier Group, the ship carried out anti-submarine warfare, provided air defence and conducted a number of defence engagements.She also managed to peel off the carrier Group and visit several ports for diplomatic purposes; including Malta. Photo by my son William John Jardim.
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HMS Richmond, a Royal Navy frigate, acted an escort for flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Royal Navy's carrier strike group deployment from Portsmouth to Pacific Ocean and back
Often at the front of the Carrier Group, the ship carried out anti-submarine warfare, provided air defence and conducted a number of defence engagements.She also managed to peel off the carrier Group and visit several ports for diplomatic purposes; including Malta. Photo by my son William John Jardim.
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HMS Richmond is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.and was the last warship to be built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders. She sailed from the builders on the River Tyne in November 1994. Seen here as she berths at the HM Naval Base Gibraltar during the tail end of her seven month deployment to the Far East as part of the QE carrier Strike Group
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