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Red Rose goes west: Lancaster sails for the Caribbean

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Red Rose goes west: Lancaster sails for the Caribbean
28 May 2013
HMS Lancaster today began her first deployment since her refit by sailing for the Caribbean.
The frigate departed a gloomy and wet Portsmouth for a six-month stint supporting the international fight against the drugs trade and standing by on hurricane watch.
Pictures: LA(Phot) Gaz Weatherston, FRPU East
GOD speed those who sail under the Red Rose and White Ensign, as HMS Lancaster departs a gloomy Portsmouth to take the fight to drug traffickers.
The weather where the frigate is going is (generally) considerably better: the Caribbean – although she’ll also be in the region throughout most of the hurricane season.
Her job is twofold: to support the international effort against the illegal narcotics trade, working in particular with the US Coast Guard; and to support Britain’s interests in the Caribbean, visiting all of the UK’s overseas territories in the region as well as Commonwealth states.
Because the Type 23 heads to the Caribbean during the tropical storm season, she’s trained and equipped to offer immediate assistance should a hurricane strike.
It’s the first time in several years that a warship, rather than a Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has performed the duty of Atlantic Patrol (North), although RN vessels have conducted operations in the region on the way back from the South Atlantic, such as HMS Dauntless, Edinburgh and Protector most recently.
The deployment is Lancaster’s first since an extensive refit in her home port over 2011-12 when she received the latest update of the Seawolf air defence missile (which effectively doubles the system’s range).
It’s also the first for AB Henry Bowyer said: “I am looking forward to deployment, particularly because this is my first taste of overseas operations and a chance to do my job to its full potential.
“I am also looking forward to exploring new places and experiencing new cultures especially the ones in the sunshine!”
For his Commanding Officer, Cdr Steve Moorhouse, today’s departure marks the end of 18 months of tireless efforts to turn Lancaster from a lifeless hull back into a fully-effective fighting warship.
“After months of rigorous training, Lancaster is ready to take her place on the front line of naval operations,” he said.
Although working primarily in the Caribbean region with a wide range of island partners and South and Central American nations, we will – in the best traditions of the Royal Navy – be ready to respond to whatever challenges may arise over the next six months.”


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