The Princess of Wales may not have gotten to drink the single-malt whiskey she smashed on the hull of the HMS Glasgow, but the bling created to commemorate the christening is hers for keeps.

The Royal Navy's (RN's) Duke-class (Type 23) frigates HMS Argyll (F 231) and HMS Westminster (F 237) will be retired from service, the UK defence secretary has confirmed.

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The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed that Devonport-based ship HMS Argyle - which is currently undergoing a huge overhaul - and HMS Westminster are to be retired from service. Mr Shapps ...

HMS Westminster had a refit in 2017, and was due to undergo another £100m refurb. The Daily Telegraph said HMS Argyll will join in HMS Westminster in being put out of service due to the lack of ...

HMS Westminster, recently refurbished at huge taxpayer expense, and HMS Argyll will be taken out of action this year, with crews sent to work on a yet-to-arrive new fleet of frigates. 1.

HMS Westminster has close links with Parliament, with a huge poster of the warship greeting MPs at Westminster Tube station. In 2005, her company were all granted Freedom of the City of Westminster.

The future appears uncertain for a submarine-hunting warship that currently stands rusting and covered in scaffolding at Devonport, Plymouth. The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster, made ...

The refit of UK RN Duke-class Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster is estimated to cost £100 million ($127 million), according to UK Defence Procurement Minister James Cartlidge.. Cartlidge revealed the ...

Still, recent incidents indicate that HMS Westminster is facing a mutiny as present and past crew members exchange blows leaving many ordinary people utterly frustrated by their political leaders ...

HMS Westminster, HMS Lancaster and HMS Richmond tracked Slava-class cruiser, Marshal Ustinov, the sister ship of the ill-fated Moskva which sunk in the Black Sea in April.