HMS Severn

Portsmouth-based patrol ships HMS Mersey and HMS Severn were dispatched alongside a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron to intercept Russian corvette Boikiy and accompanying oil tanker MT General Skobelev as they sailed towards the North Sea.

Trio of Royal Navy ships face being axed amid shrinking fleet

Admiral Levchenko with HMS Duncan (left) and HMS St Albans (right).

Putin’s ships shadowed by Royal Navy in 72-hour operation

Portsmouth-based HMS Mersey and HMS Severn shadow RFN Boikiy

Royal Navy spends 21 days in July tracking Russian ships in UK waters

Foreground RFN Admiral Grigorovich FFG-494 , background RFA Tideforce

Royal Navy 'swiftly' deployed to stalk Russian ships for a month

Royal Navy ships from Portsmouth were scrambled to stalk a Russian warship and an oil tanker.

"Message sent to Putin" as Royal Navy scrambled to stalk Russia ship

HMS Severn was deployed to track two Russian ships sailing across the English Channel.

Royal Navy scrambled after Russian ships spotted in English Channel

Batch 1 of the Royal Navy’s River-class offshore patrol vessels, HMS Tyne, HMS Severn, and Mersey, have been handed out-of-service dates by a defence minister.

Retirement dates given for three Royal Navy ships

An “underwater spoiler” has been installed on HMS Mersey to make her faster.

Effective "Underwater spoiler" upgrade fitted to HMS Mersey

HMS Dauntless has been marked to sail from Portsmouth tomorrow afternoon on the King’s Harbour Master shipping movements - though this is subject to change. A previous departure was cancelled at the last minute, with sources saying the ship was plagued with “engineering issues”.

HMS Dauntless set to leave city after "engineering issues" - when

HMS Tyne sailing into her home port of Portsmouth on February 29, 2024. Picture: The News.

Watch footage of HMS Tyne sailing into Portsmouth

HMS Mersey will be undergoing a major revamp following a busy 2023. Picture: LPhot Kevin Walton

HMS Mersey to undergo major overhaul after hectic year of missions

A trainee wearing a VR headset on the bridge wing of the new simulator. Picture: Royal Navy.

Navigation simulators and VR installed at HMS Collingwood

Royal Navy get used to Arctic conditions in northern Norway.

Royal Navy salutes sailors from Portsmouth on patrol over the festive season

HMS Severn pictured at sea during a training stint for the navy's next batch of navigators.

Royal Navy's navigators of the future are put to the test

Rear Admiral Martin Connell RN CBE. Picture: Royal Navy

Royal Navy’s new second sea lord is ‘honoured’ by his new position

Pictured: HMS Severn passes under Tower Bridge prior to berthing alongside HMS Belfast on the River Thames in London, on Friday 27th August 2021

Warship is 'brought back from the dead' to rejoin the navy for a second time
PATROL ship HMS Severn has officially been welcomed back into the Royal Navy family – despite being busy on operations for the past 14 months.
Tom Cotterill

Royal Navy Patrol ship HMS Severn P282 departs Falmouth Harbour in her new “Western Approaches” camouflage livery, first used on ships in World War Two. The livery is a tribute to all sailors who died and fought in the Battle of the Atlantic. Picture: Royal Navy

HMS Severn gets camouflage paint job not used since the Second World War

Fishermen in Portsmouth welcome back HMS Severn from her deployment to assist the fishermen of Jersey
Picture: Solent News and Photo Agency

Royal Navy's HMS Severn returns home after Jersey mission

HMS Tyne, an offshore patrol vessel, was dispatched earlier this year to safeguard UK fishing waters.

Royal Navy patrol ships dispatched to Jersey

Photographed on September 8, 2020, HMS Severn sailed past HMS Mersey whilst both ships were on patrol in the North Sea. Both ships came together briefly to say hello and pay their respects before quickly parting ways to continue with their respective taskings.

Warship electrical issue' at naval base sparks firefighters call out

Picture: GAFIRS

Sailor rushed to hospital with severe head injuries after large rescue operation

A sailor on board HMS Northumberland monitors the movement of Vice-Admiral Kulakov

Portsmouth warships track 'increased' Russian activity around the UK

Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov as it sailed through the Channel

Navy warships shadow Russian fleet in Channel

HMS Severn has been recommissioned into the navy after almost three years out of the fleet. Here she is pictured near Brighton. Photo: Royal Navy

Navy ship rejoins fleet after being decommissioned in 2017

HMS Severn returning to Portsmouth before being decommissioned last year. The warship caught thieves in the act of plundering a First World War shipwreck.

Thieves caught by Royal Navy plundering First World War shipwreck fined Â£250k Â

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HMS Severn decommissioned

The three River-class patrol vessels of the Fishery Protection Squadron, HMS Mersey, HMS Severn and HMS Tyne on Exercise off the south-west coast. Picture: LA(Phot) AJ MacLeod SUS-171031-100537001

Navy hatches plan for border patrols after EU departure
PLANS are being drawn up by the Royal Navy to retain its ageing fleet of Portsmouth-based offshore patrol vessels and use them to police UK waters after Brexit, an admiral has said.
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HMS Severn ship's company, Royal Marines Band and Guards of Honour in front of HMS Severn
Picture: Habibur Rahman (171478-011)

'˜Lucky Severn' retires after 14 years helping to protect the nation

HMS Severn on her first boarding inspection of 2017

Portsmouth warship boards fishing vessels in the North Sea

HMS SEVERN Photo: LA(Phot) Al Macleod

Portsmouth warship comes to the rescue of sinking boat

Patrol ship HMS Severn will be anchoring in the Solent on Saturday, commanded by Lieutenant Commander James Reynolds

Royal Navy keeps a watchful gaze over America's Cup in Portsmouth

Fire Dart firing its hoses in front of HMS Severn as she approaches London

Portsmouth's HMS Severn given a wet welcome to mark London Fire Brigade's 150th ...

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