Godspeed HMS Lancaster. And if you didn’t see the Queen’s Frigate gliding past Round Tower a little after 11am today, then you’ll have to wait until 2025 to catch her again (unless you’re a member of the crew/based in Bahrain). The Type 23 is off to the Gulf on a long-term security mission. First up though, duties with two of NATO’s main task groups which provide security in the waters of northern Europe and the Mediterranean. The Queen’s frigate will also take part in the alliance’s largest tec

HMS Lancaster has taken £10m of illegal drugs off the streets after a two busts 12 hours apart. As dawn broke in the Indian Ocean, the ship launched her sea boat and boarding team to investigate a suspicious vessel which had 3.5 tons of drugs on board. Then, as the sun was setting, Lancaster's Wildcat helicopter spotted a second suspicious boat and 3.7 tons of drugs were found. Read more: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/june/06/230606-lancaster-double-drugs | Roya

This is what it's like riding the coattails of Storm Brendan, courtesy of the bridge team of HMS Lancaster. The Portsmouth-based frigate 🚢 is conducting Initial Sea Safety Training off the South Coast after her two-year refit in Devonport dockyard. These are the choppy waters 🌊off Portland a day after Brendan passed through will full force with the Type 23 conducting propulsion trials. 🔗http://ow.ly/7qNa50xXMBw | Royal Navy