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Commercial sale of Type 22 Frigates

By Sharon Black

It is the Disposal Services Authority ( DSA ) intention to invite expressions of interest in tendering for the Type 22 Frigates (HMS Chatham, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Cumberland and HMS Cornwall) for the following: Further Use Sinking for an Artificial reef Recycling At this stage the DSA does not require interested parties to specify which Vessel/s they wish to bid for. It is the DSA intention to award at least one vessel to a UK Ship Recycler; this is in part to secure detailed knowledge of the UK’s capacity to recycle vessels. Any decision to award to a UK Ship Recycling company will be made in accordance with transparent and objective evaluation criteria which will be issued at the Invitation to Tender stage

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Defender completes her first sea trials

By Sharon Black

Defender, the Navy’s fifth state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer, has successfully completed her first set of sea trials, with her speed, manoeuvrability, sensors and weapons having been tested over three weeks off Scotland.