Stirling's affiliated warship, HMS Forth, has been taking part in sea trials before becoming the Falklands' permanent
guardship.
(20) "In 1954 he was appointed to the Loch-class frigate Cardigan Bay (21) in Hong Kong, employed as
guardship at Hong Kong and off Korea, and on anti-piracy patrols around Borneo and Indonesia, and in training the Malayan RNVR"; promoted commander, 1956.
In September 1994 Oakleaf took part in Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, while less than a year later the West Indies
Guardship HMS Southampton and Oakleaf, acting as a support ship, provided assistance following volcanic activity on the island of Montserrat.
He was serving as sub-lieutenant on HMS Bigbury Bay, a frigate based in Bermuda but sent in February 1950 as
guardship for the Falkland Islands and Dependencies.
But finally, on July 15th, 1696, Winstanley and his team of twenty workmen left their Admiralty
guardship, the Terrible, anchored close to the Eddystone reef, and were rowed over to House Rock, where they were going to construct the pharos.
In the Iraq war in 2003, the vessel was air defence commander to the UK maritime battle group and
guardship to the fleet flagship, HMS Ark Royal.
In the war against Iraq in 2003, the vessel was air defence commander to the UK maritime battle group and
guardship to the fleet flagship, HMS Ark Royal.
The Royal Navy's Caribbean
guardship, the frigate Richmond, was ordered to steam to Jamaica from Grenada where its crew had been helping the island's 100,000 population recover from Ivan's knock-out punch.
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS Canterbury, for example, helped escort the HMAS Tobruk to Dili, where it delivered supplies to international forces, and then -- as described on the RNZN website (www.navy.mil.nz) - the Canterbury was used to provide "
guardship" over Dill, including controlling access to the port and using long-range radars to cover air approaches, while a Seasprite helicopter was employed for patrolling out to 150 miles from Dili, the RNZN said.
The best opportunity the SAN had to show the flag abroad in nearly a decade was in 1979 when the Protea acted as
guardship for the transatlantic yacht rac e from Cape Town to Punta del Este.
In November 2001, the vessel returned home from a successful deployment in the West Indies after carrying out counter-drugs operations and disaster relief
guardship duties.
Last book read: The Thirteenth Warrior by Michael Crichton, The
Guardship by James L.
