HMS Orkney was an Island-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. In 2000 she became TTS Nelson of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. In 2016, the vessel was sold for scrap.

HMS Orkney was an Island-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. She is now TTS Nelson of the Trinidad and Tobago navy. Orkney was built by Hall, Russell & Company in Aberdeen, launched on 29 June 1976 and commissioned in February of the following year.

HMCS Orkney was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She was named for Orkney, Saskatchewan. After the war she was purchased and used by the Israeli immigrant movement, then taken over by the nascent Israeli Navy and renamed Mivtah.

Another ex-Royal Navy Island-class vessel, Jersey, was used as the training ship, Shaheed Ruhul Amin. The final ship of the class, ex-Royal Navy vessel Orkney is in service with the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and named TTS Nelson.

Name : HMS Orkney Laid Down : Launched : 29th June 1976 Completed : February 1977 Type : Patrol Vessel Class : Island Builder : Hall Russell Country : UK Pennants : P299 Fate : Transferred to Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force October 2000. Renamed Nelson 18th December 2000.

HMS Tern - HMS Tern (also known as RNAS Twatt) formed a vital part of the Navy's presence in Orkney when Scapa Flow was the base for the Royal Navy in WWII.

Join a guided tour of HMS Tern, a former World War Two airfield in Orkney, to learn about life in the islands during the conflict.

Jan 9, 2025 · HMS Tern was a large airfield in World War 2 set up to protect the Royal Navy’s fleet at Scapa Flow. It was constructed within months of the outbreak of War in 1939. Built on what was said to be the finest farmland in Orkney and started on the 10 th of June 1940, by April 1 st 1941 it was operational.

Nov 5, 2021 · I understand that HMS Pyramus, was a Naval HQ based in the Kirkwall Hotel, on the mainland of Orkney. HMS Pyramus was minesweeper & anti-submarine base. Reference to Kirkwall Hotel is found on website of another Orkney hotel:

Royal Naval Air Station Twatt, (RNAS Twatt; or HMS Tern) is a former military airfield, located near Twatt, Orkney, Scotland, of the Royal Navy. It was built by the Admiralty and was commissioned on 1 April 1941 (on books of HMS Sparrowhawk). On 1 January 1942 it became an independent command as HMS Tern.