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HMS LANCASTER
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The Royal Navy appears to withdraw the HMS 'Lancaster', which has been permanently deployed frigate in the Gulf region, which is approaching the end to its working life, which is based at the UK’s Naval Support Facility in Bahrain. When HMS 'Lancaster' returns home within the next few months to be decommissioned, the only Royal Navy operational ship remaining in Bahrain will be the Hunt-class minesweeper HMS 'Middleton (M34)', with the Sandown Class minesweeper HMS 'Bangor (M109)' dry-docked locally for repair after a collision with USS 'Gladiator (MCM-11)'. The withdrawal of HMS 'Lancaster' has been necessitated primarily by the withdrawal of Type 23 frigates from service before their replacements - the Type 26 Global Combat Ship and the Type 31 frigate - start coming into service in 2028. The HMS 'Lancaster' has been tasked with anti-smuggling duties and committed to keeping the Straits of Hormuz open, having made two major drug seizures in recent months. She has also been trialling the use of Peregrine remote-controlled mini-helicopters for broadening the swathe of its surveillance sweep out to 100 miles while at sea.
MAYNE QUEEN
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BC Ferries is investing locally to recycle the wo retired 'Bowen Queen' and 'Powell River Queen' to support BC jobs and build marine recycling capacity in British Columbia. The work will be carried out by Marine Recycling Corporation (MRC) at Esquimalt Graving Dock, a federally managed facility, and then completed at a recycling facility in Surrey. Up to 25 employees from Point Hope Maritime in Victoria will work on the project at their second location at the Esquimalt Graving dock. Additional vessels, including the retired 'Mayne Queen' and the 'Quadra Queen II', which is nearing the end of its service life, are expected to require dismantling in the coming years.
