MoD lifts axe on three Royal Navy patrol ships to boost UK fishery protection BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The Royal Navy will be able to provide three times the protection to Britain’s fishing fleet post-Brexit after a decision to axe three ships was reversed, the Ministry of Defence has said. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/mod-lifts-axe-on-three-royal-navy-patrol-ships-to-boost-uk-fishery-protection-37555985.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article37555983.ece/f7242/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_3c652c06-d6c4-4dec-9dec-571bb0b8ea0b_1 Email The Royal Navy will be able to provide three times the protection to Britain’s fishing fleet post-Brexit after a decision to axe three ships was reversed, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey and HMS Severn, which currently support the Fishery Protection Squadron, were in the process of being decommissioned. But, speaking during a visit to Tyneside, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the Batch 1 Offshore Patrols Vessels (OPVs) will be retained for at least the next two years in a move the Ministry of Defence said would “bolster the UK’s ability to protect our fishing fleet as well as our shores”. It said the Royal Navy currently provided around 200 days of fishery protection a year and the announcement meant the capacity would increase to 600 days a year if needed. Each ship will operate from its home city – Newcastle, Liverpool and Cardiff – to… Read full this story
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