The 8th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1973 to 1993. During its existence, the squadron included Rothesay-class, Leander-class...
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frigates in the 1980s. 5th Frigate Squadron 6th Frigate Squadron 7th Frigate Squadron 8th Frigate Squadron 9th Frigate Squadron 17th Frigate Squadron...
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The 17th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1955 to 1972. During its existence, the squadron included Type 15 and Whitby-class...
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The 20th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1961 to 1966. A squadron of 4 frigates was established at Derry, Northern...
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The 4th Frigate Squadron was an operational squadron of the Royal Navy from 1948 to 2004. During its existence, the squadron included Loch-class, Whitby-class...
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The 2nd Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1947 to 2002. During its existence, the squadron included Black Swan-class...
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The 7th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1951 to 1993. During its existence, the squadron included Bay-class, Type 41...
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The 5th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1946 to 1980. During its existence, the squadron included Loch-class, Type...
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The 1st Frigate Squadron was an naval unit of the Royal Navy from 1972 to 2001. During its existence, the squadron included Leander-class and Type 22 frigates...
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9th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1985 to 1993. Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie List of squadrons and...
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The United Kingdom was involved in the Korean War between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953. 56,000 British troops participated on the side of the United Nations...
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The 3rd Frigate Squadron also known as the Third Frigate Squadron was a naval formation of the Royal Navy from February 1949 to 1963 and again from 1972...
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waters, affiliated with the United Nations Command) in 1951. From February 1963 the remaining destroyer and frigate squadrons in the Far East Fleet were...
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Wreford-Brown became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Cornwall as well as Captain of 8th Frigate Squadron in 1988. His other commands include the diesel...
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The 6th Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1950 to 2002. During its existence, the squadron included Loch-class, Type...
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America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956, with...
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RFA Tidespring (A75) (category Falklands War naval ships of the United Kingdom)
flagship. The 8th Frigate Squadron provided the rest of the Royal Navy warships with the Leander-class frigate Ajax, the Rothesay-class frigates Berwick, Plymouth...
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HMS Montrose (F236) (category Frigates of the United Kingdom)
into service in June 1994. Having once been the flagship of the 6th Frigate Squadron, Montrose became part of the Devonport Flotilla, based in Devonport...
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Commander-in-Chief Fleet (category 1971 establishments in the United Kingdom)
HMS Phoebe, HMS Danae, HMS Argonaut, HMS Penelope 8th Frigate Squadron, HMNB Devonport with Type 22 frigates (Batch 3): HMS Cumberland, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Chatham...
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Invasion of Capri (category Battles involving the United Kingdom)
Francis Fremantle took command of this new fleet and formed two new frigate squadrons at the aforementioned locations to conduct raids on French trade routes...
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HMS Wizard (R72) (category Cold War frigates of the United Kingdom)
the frigate refitted at Chatham before joining the Dartmouth Training Squadron for two years before being deployed in the West Indies with the 8th Frigate...
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Coalition of the Gulf War (section United Kingdom)
operations moved to the coast off Kuwait. Eighteen Mirage 5s of 8th Fighter Squadron and six C-130s of the 15th Air Transport Wing were deployed to Türkiye...
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This included the acquisition of two Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates from the United States. The Naval air arm has also acquired a number of SH-2G Super...
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Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (section Fregateskadren FGE (Danish Frigate Squadron) 2nd Squadron from April 1992)
1st Infantry Brigade, Tidworth, UK, United Kingdom Mobile Force HQ 1st Infantry Brigade & 215th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Tidworth 13th/18th Royal...
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HMS Hermione (F58) (category Leander-class frigates)
closed. Upon the completion of her modernisation, Hermione joined the 8th Frigate Squadron. Hermione saw service in the Middle East, also being involved in...
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Outline of the British Royal Navy at the end of the Cold War (category Naval units and formations of the United Kingdom)
HMS Phoebe, HMS Danae, HMS Argonaut, HMS Penelope 8th Frigate Squadron, HMNB Devonport with Type 22 frigates (Batch 3): HMS Cumberland, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Chatham...
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Home Fleet (category 1902 establishments in the United Kingdom)
7th Cruiser Squadron-Cruiser Force, 11th Cruiser Squadron-Cruiser Force E, Dover Patrol, Harwich Flotillas, 7th Destroyer Flotilla, 8th Destroyer Flotilla...
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2nd Destroyer Squadron in November 1956. During its existence, the squadron included Daring-class destroyers and Leander-class frigates. Included: List...
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Destroyer Squadron in October 1951. During its existence, the squadron included C-class and Battle-class destroyers and Leander-class frigates. Ships from...
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HMS Loch Achray (K426) (category World War II frigates of the United Kingdom)
to Auckland in April 1954. In September the warship joined the 3rd Frigate Squadron, Far East Fleet, based at Singapore, as part of the Commonwealth Strategic...
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