The commanding officer and crew of HMS Cornwall said farewell and thank you to the County of Cornwall today (Thursday) as they performed the final act of ceremony for the ship under the White Ensign at the decommissioning ceremony. The ceremony staged at Devonport Naval Base, to mark the ship retiring from the Royal Navy after 23 years, was an occasion for the ship’s captain … [Read more...] about The decommissioning of HMS Cornwall
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HMS Cornwall Final Homecoming
A huge joyous crowd of families and friends welcomed HMS Cornwall home to Plymouth, today (26th April) after a successful six-month counter-piracy deployment east of Suez. More than 900 banner-waving people crowded on to the jetty as HMS Cornwall entered HM Naval Base, Devonport, for the final time as an operational warship before being decommissioned later this year. The … [Read more...] about HMS Cornwall Final Homecoming
HMS Cumberland and HMS Cornwall work together for the last time
Two Plymouth-based warships have been working together for the final time while deployed on patrol. Historic images have captured HMS Cumberland and HMS Cornwall, the Royal Navy’s last Type 22s deployed operationally, operating together in the Gulf of Oman. This is the last time that two Type 22s will work together as both ships are due to be decommissioned on their return … [Read more...] about HMS Cumberland and HMS Cornwall work together for the last time
HMS Cornwall has sailed on counter-piracy operations
Plymouth-based Royal Navy warship HMS Cornwall sailed today Thursday (28 th October) for six months to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. The ship has been preparing for several months for this operation by successfully undertaking an intensive operational sea training programme in her base port of Devonport to fully prepare the frigate and her sailors to … [Read more...] about HMS Cornwall has sailed on counter-piracy operations
HMS Cornwall home from NATO duties in the Gulf of Aden
After almost eight months deployed with a NATO task group, HMS Cornwall returns to HM Naval Base Devonport to be cheered home for Christmas by hundreds of family and friends and the Cornwall Pipes and Drums Band. The Type 22 frigate was the flagship to the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) and led the group out of its traditional operating areas in the Mediterranean … [Read more...] about HMS Cornwall home from NATO duties in the Gulf of Aden
