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The second of two new advanced £5m patrol ships charged with guarding the waters around Gibraltar has been formally commissioned into Royal Navy fleet. A ceremony took place in Gibraltar Naval Base to welcome HMS Dagger as she joins sister ship HMS Cutlass on patrol in the waters around The Rock. It completes a £10m investment in new small, fast…
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Homeward bound to join the rest of the Coastal Forces Squadron are HMS Dasher and Pursuer, their duties as guardians of the Rock complete. The two P2000 patrol boats were shepherded out of Gib by their successors Cutlass and Dagger which are now responsible for protecting British Gibraltar Territorial Waters at the core of the RN Gibraltar Squadron. Dasher and…
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Newer, faster, sleeker, bristling with the latest tech – may we introduce the newest member of the Royal Navy family, HMS Cutlass. \ The £5m fast patrol boat has been formally handed over to the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron after three months of trials, ready for being declared fully operational in the spring. With HMS Dagger – due to arrive…
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April 21, 2021 – The Royal Navy can confirm the Her Majesty the Queen has approved the names of two new fast patrol boats, which will be based in Gibraltar, as HM Ships Dagger and Cutlass. Dagger is a name new to the Royal Navy. It was due to have been assigned to a weapon-class anti-submarine escort in late World…
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