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Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent has taken her place alongside NATO vessels in the alliance’s Mediterranean task force. For the first time this year, Trent – which largely operates in the Med and patrols a vast area from the Gulf of Guinea to the Levant – has joined Maritime Group 2, the second of NATO’s two permanent naval forces.…
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A Royal Navy warship has joined the international fight against piracy in West African waters to help protect more than £6 billion of UK trade that passes through the region. HMS Trent is in the Gulf of Guinea – one of the world’s piracy hotspots – as the UK looks to improve security and help prevent widespread piracy which has…
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As part of a 3 month-long deployment, UK Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent has arrived in Accra. Built in Scotland, the ship has sailed from the UK to the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, visiting Ghana as well as Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia and Cape Verde for security patrols and a mission to support the UK’s allies in West…
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HMS Trent is bound for the waters of the Gulf of Guinea as she heads for security patrols and a mission to support allies in West Africa. The River-class Batch 2 patrol ship is on an enduring deployment to the Mediterranean that has seen her operate as far east as the Black Sea since she left the UK six months…
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June 15, 2021 – HMS Trent has completed her first ever mission to the Black Sea as she settles into life as one of the Royal Navy’s forward deployed patrol ships. Trent is on an enduring mission to the Mediterranean, having left the UK at the end of March to begin operations that will continually see her be a presence…
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May 19, 2021 (Google Translation) – Arrived in the Black Sea on Tuesday, May 11, the Patroller of the High Seas (PHM) Commander Birot conducted training with the British vessel HMS Trent on Monday, May 17. After fluid and rapid planning to establish the contours of this PASSEX (exercise of opportunity at sea), the two units came together for a…
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September 21, 2020 – HMS Trent has now completed her second patrol on NATO security operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Continuing to support Operation Sea Guardian, the patrol ship has vigilantly aided efforts to detect and disrupt suspicious and illegal activity. While on patrol, Trent met up with allied US Navy warship the USS Winston S Churchill. Named after the…
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September 3, 2020 – HMS Trent has been busy supporting NATO as she continues operations in the Mediterranean. Following her first foreign port visit to Gibraltar, the Offshore Patrol Vessel sailed to join Operation Sea Guardian tasked with deterring, detecting and disrupting illegal activity. For the ship’s company, this involved scanning the horizon for suspicious vessels and reporting anything untoward…
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August 3, 2020 – The most important day in HMS Trent’s short service career has seen her receive her Commissioning Order in a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base before departing on her first operational deployment this afternoon. She has sailed for the Mediterranean to add her weight to NATO’s ongoing maritime security operation there. Sea Guardian deters international crime and…
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