Royal Navy warship HMS Richmond leaves Plymouth and deployed to the Red Sea
HMS Richmond will stand in for HMS Diamond and HMS Lancaster when either vessel needs to break off patrols for re-supply or maintenance
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A Plymouth-based Royal Navy warship has been deployed to the Red Sea to support the international effort protecting shipping. It comes as the US and UK have bombed targets in Yemen in a bid to stop attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea.
HMS Richmond will stand in for HMS Diamond and HMS Lancaster when either vessel needs to break off patrols for re-supply or maintenance. Diamond is assigned to a newly-established international security mission, Operation Prosperity Guardian which was inaugurated last month following a series of drone and missile attacks threatening shipping passing through the Red Sea. Meanwhile frigate HMS Lancaster is on a long-term mission in the Middle East, largely focused on the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, hunting down drug smugglers and arms traffickers, while providing a reassurance presence to lawful seafarers.
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In announcing Richmond’s deployment – the ship made a low-key departure from Plymouth last Friday, waved off by a small number of family and friends – Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told fellow MPs that there had been a fivefold increase in attacks against merchant shipping in the past month.
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When she arrives in the region in a few weeks, Richmond will, Mr Shapps said “provide resilience to the UK’s presence in the Gulf”. If necessary, the frigate will use her Sea Ceptor anti-missile system to protect herself and merchant vessels, as well as providing the wider assurance of the presence of a warship. She heads for the Middle East having only returned to Devonport shortly before Christmas on another short-notice mission, helping to protect undersea infrastructure in the Baltic in support of regional allies.
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“It’s a real challenge to quickly shift from the freezing temperatures of the Baltic to the warm waters of the Gulf. However, our ship and crew are well prepared for any eventuality; it’s a very dynamic, quickly- changing situation in the Red Sea at the moment but we are ready and looking forward to doing our bit,” said Lieutenant Jack Tarr, Richmond’s senior Officer of the Watch.
HMS Richmond deploys to the Red Sea
One of the most junior sailors onboard, 18-year-old comms and IT specialist Engineering Technician Jamie Symons, added: “This is my first Gulf deployment and I’m hugely looking forward to it. Everyone onboard is keen to get out there and make a difference. We’ve all seen what’s going on in the news and know that what we are going to do is important. This is why I joined the Navy and what I’ve been trained for, so it will be great to put everything I’ve learned so far into practice.”
HMS Richmond – a type 23 frigate – was designed to hunt for enemy submarines but since the end of the Cold War its role has become more varied. It now undertakes “virtually every type of operation imaginable” from counter-narcotics and anti-piracy to disrupting people trafficking and detaining criminals. The first ship to carry its name was launched in 1655 and took part in the Anglo-Dutch wars.
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