HMS Lancaster, at times on South Atlantic patrol and visiting the Falkland Islands, has ended in Bahrein the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship. Flying her paying-off pennant – a ...

HMS Lancaster’s sailors and Royal Marines display the haul of illegal narcotics seized in the Arabian Sea - Ministry of Defence/PA A Royal Navy frigate seized drugs worth £30 million in a significant ...

Sailors serving aboard a Royal Navy frigate which has been retired were left emotional by the end of the warship’s career.

Although officials did not explain why the Duke-class warship wasn’t brought home for decommissioning, there is speculation that her age may have played a role. The longest-serving warship in Royal ...

Her Majesty was greeted by sailors during her visit to HMS Lancaster at the Portsmouth Naval Base. The Queen, who is the ship’s sponsor as the Duke of Lancaster, inspected a guard of honour comprising ...

When talking about the performance of warships, the main focus is on the weapon systems and other capabilities that are directly related to combat operations. However, an aircraft carrier’s or a ...

The Royal Navy’s longest-serving Type 23 frigate which has a close association with Lancaster has been retired from the fleet. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you ...

A MASSIVE Royal Navy warship has returned to Glasgow where it was built more than 30 years ago. HMS Lancaster sailed up the River Clyde this morning and berthed at the King George V Dock in the Govan ...

Millions of pounds worth of drugs has been seized by sailors days after evacuating citizens from a warzone. Crew from the Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Lancaster bagged £2.5m worth of hashish on ...

Cocaine worth £55m has been seized after a Royal Navy sniper shot a hole in a speedboat engine during a high-speed pursuit. The gunman was on board a Lynx helicopter sent to chase suspected drug ...

A Royal Navy warship deployed in the Caribbean has seized cannabis and cocaine with a street value of £58 million in two busts just days apart. The seizure of 400kg of cocaine and almost 1.2 tonnes of ...