HMS Lancaster Takes Part in Joint Persian Gulf Drug Bust
A Royal Navy-led task force has delivered a record-breaking haul of drugs in its six months tackling crime in the Indian Ocean. Twenty-two tonnes of illegal narcotics have been seized…
HMS Lancaster Makes Drug Bust in Arabian Sea
A frigate from the United Kingdom Royal Navy seized $6 million worth of hashish from a fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, May 8. HMS Lancaster (F 229) was operating…
Annual Bilateral Maritime Exercise Konkan 2023
Konkan 2023, the annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy, was held from 20 to 22 March 2023 off the Konkan coast in the Arabian…
HMS Lancaster Takes Over as Persian Gulf Guard Ship
The Royal Navy will continue permanently operating a major warship in the Gulf and Middle East after swapping vessels patrolling the region. After three and a half years in the…
RN Leads “Game Changing” NATO Experiments
Royal Navy ships led the way in “game-changing” NATO autonomous exercises off the coast of Portugal. Frigate HMS Lancaster and minehunter HMS Hurworth tested the use of uncrewed tech –…
UK Shadows Russian Warships Close to the UK
Three Royal Navy warships have been on a concerted operation shadowing a Russian Navy task force in waters close to the UK. Type 23 frigates HMS Westminster, HMS Lancaster and…