HMS Iron Duke, a Type 23 Duke-class frigate, set off for Plymouth to join her sister ships as a base of operations. Devonport will now host all of the UK’s frigates with the aim to streamline ...

The ageing HMS Sutherland was noted to have required more than 600 structural inserts as part of its refit period.

HMS Iron Duke will join the six anti-submarine ... Type 23 frigates – the Duke Class – have been the workhorse of the Royal Navy since their introduction in the late 1980s.

Summary: HMS Iron Duke, commissioned in March 1914, epitomized the “super-dreadnought” class of battleships with its ten 13.5-inch guns and twenty-five thousand ton displacement. As the ...

HMS Iron Duke was originally called HMS Duke (with the first ship bearing that name) but during the first ships build the nickname 'Iron Duke' was given and the name stuck! Aug 23rd, 2014 - 11:01 pm 0 ...

The vessel that was replaced by HMS Iron Duke in its Atlantic deployment spent four weeks in the Falklands. More than 600 happy family members and friends cheered and waved greetings banners on ...

HMS Iron Duke will join the six anti-submarine warfare Type 23 ... currently under construction in Glasgow and Rosyth in Scotland. Type 23 frigates – the Duke Class – have been the workhorse of the ...