HMS Portland (F79)

HMS "Portland" (F79) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the eighth ship to bear the name and is the fifteenth ship in the "Duke" class of frigates.

Her current commanding officer is Commander M K Utley RN, who took command in Dec 2006.

History

The ship was accepted into service by the Royal Navy on 15 December 2000 and was commissioned on 3 May the following year.

HMS "Portland" assisted in the search for men lost due to a capsized yacht on 3 February 2007. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6326795.stm|title=Man killed when vessel capsizes|publisher=BBC News|date=2007-02-03|accessdate=2007-02-03]

She deployed to the Caribbean for 7 months in 2007, intercepting 3.5 tonnes of coccaine and conducting disaster relief in Belize following Hurricane Dean.

In April 2008, HMS "Portland" visited Liverpool with HMS Mersey and berthed at the cruise liner terminal at Princes Dock [citeweb | url = http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/itm164_MERSEY.htm | work = Shipping Times | title = HMS PORTLAND and HMS MERSEY to visit Liverpool | accessdate = 2008-04-07] .

Affiliations

*Irish Guards
*The Royal Wessex Yeomanry
*Worshipful Company of Scriveners
*Dorset Chamber of Commerce

References

* [http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1457 RN website - HMS Portland (accessed 15 December 2006)]