Naval Warfare
UK forward-basing trend expands as Medway heads to Caribbean
As the UK RN’s River-class Batch 2 OPV HMS Medway heads out on its transatlantic journey to take up station as Atlantic Patrol Ship (North) (APS (N)), the forward-deployed model that the class will operate under continues to mature.
Setting out from Gibraltar harbour on 27 January, Medway ...
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