Westward Shipping News

05/12/2025

HMS LANCASTER to be decommissioned in Bahrain.
The Navy has formally retired its longest serving Type 23 frigate following more than three decades of global operations.
The Lancaster will not return to the UK for decommissioning and will instead be prepared for disposal in Bahrain.
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05/12/2025

02/12/2025

The Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen leaving the Sound this morning. www.westwardshippingnews.com
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01/12/2025

UNDERWATER SURVEILLANCE SHIP ARRIVES IN PLYMOUTH

Blowing up a storm and the arrival of RFA Proteus spotted on our live we**am inbound to HMNB Devonport this morning.

The multirole ocean surveillance (MROS) vessel in operation with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), is a critical support arm of the UK Royal Navy and built to enhance the UK’s maritime capabilities.

Functioning as a mothership for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), it houses a range of specialised capabilities for monitoring and safeguarding the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure.

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30/11/2025

HMS Portland spotted on our live we**am this evening inbound to HM Naval Base Devonport www.westwardshippingnews.com
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30/11/2025

A GUNFIRE HOMECOMING FOR HMS RICHMOND

A great homecoming for the Plymouth sailors on HMS Richmond this afternoon.

The Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy made its unforgettable return to the city today with a spectacular display of gunfire that echoed out across the Hoe waterfront.

Arriving a day earlier because of the poor weather conditions expected tomorrow, the crew on HMS Richmond will be met by family and loved ones at HMNB Devonport with flags and banners.

Westward Shipping News captured the ship leaving the Sound earlier this year to join Operation Highmast, where over 4,500 British military personnel have been involved, including 900 soldiers, 600 RAF personnel, and 2,500 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines, with the UK carrier group sailing more than 40,000 nautical miles, with aerial components completing 2,500 sorties.

The Carrier strike group was led by the UK’s flagship, HMS Prince of Wales, which received a huge homecoming in Portsmouth this afternoon with HMS Dauntless.

WELCOME HOME, HMS RICHMOND, FROM THE SMALL CREW AT WESTWARD SHIPPING NEWS.

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30/11/2025

WELCOME HOME HMS RICHMOND

HMS Richmond arrived inside the breakwater just before 10am this morning, and is now at anchor.

The frigate left Plymouth in the Spring for Operation Highmast, to protect with other warships the UK flagship HMS Prince of Wales on deployment in the far east, Japan and Australia.

The Carrier Strike Group was comprised with a defensive ring of steel, provided by HMS Dauntless (air defence), HMS Richmond and HNoMS Roald Amundsen (anti-submarine and surface defence).

HMS Richmond’s Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander James Callender, said he “could not be prouder” of his shipmates for all they had achieved.

“We are now looking forward to the joy of homecoming and being reunited with the family and friends whose support has helped make this deployment possible," he said.

HMS Richmond will fire a spectacular Gun Salute around 1:45pm off the Hoe foreshore on its way into HM Naval Base Devonport and is due alongside about 2.30pm - to be met by families and loved ones.

You can see HMS Richmond gunfire salute live on our we**am this afternoon: www.westwardshippingnews.com

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29/11/2025

HMS Dauntless at anchor near the Plymouth breakwater this evening and will accompany together with HNoMs Roald Amundsen in Portsmouth tomorrow.

Thousands of people are expected to line the foreshore walls, with families and loved ones waiting HM Naval Base Portsmouth and due in at 3pm. www.westwardshippingnews.com
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29/11/2025

HMS PRINCE OF WALES RETURNING HOME

spotted by our we**am making its way up the Channel to HM Naval Base Portsmouth this afternoon.

The British flagship led a carrier group in the Far East and Australia, and recently stopped in Gibraltar.

was supported by a number of Warships, Aircraft and Auxiliary vessels from across the Fleet.

The deployment involved around 2,500 military personnel – and roughly 2,100 Britons, 200 Norwegians and a similar number of Canadians, and Spanish – rising to over 4,500 for some of the key exercises.

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29/11/2025

TRADITIONAL GUN SALUTE FOR HMS RICHMOND

Because of the weather HMS Richmond is due to arrive Sunday morning at anchor in the Sound at 10am.

The Richmond will fire a spectacular Gun Salute around 1:45pm off the Hoe foreshore on its way into HM Naval Base Devonport and due alongside about 2.30pm to be met by families & loved ones.

You can see HMS Richmond arrival and gun salute on our live streaming we**am: www.westwardshippingnews.com
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29/11/2025

Westward Shipping News live we**am will capture HMS Richmond sailing across the Hoe foreshore & making its way into HM Naval Base Devonport early Monday morning, and expected at 9:30am, to be met by family and loved ones on the quayside.

HMS Richmond was part of the Carrier Strike Group 2025 (CSG 25) on an eight-month mission led by UK flagship HMS Prince of Wales and supported by a number of Warships, Aircraft and Auxiliary vessels from across the Fleet.

The deployment involved around 2,500 military personnel – and roughly 2,100 Britons, 200 Norwegians and a similar number of Canadians, and Spanish – rising to over 4,500 for some of the key exercises.

Westward recorded HMS Richmond leaving the Sound in the Spring earlier this year.

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27/11/2025

spotted on our live we**am inbound to this morning. www.westwardshippingnews.com
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