Standing Royal Navy Deployments
Although the majority of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy fleet, unless required, remains training and exercising in and around Home Waters, the Navy has a number of standing commitments, including those held for contingent operations, to provide ships for various missions around the world:
Read more about Standing Royal Navy Deployments: Response Force Task Group, Fleet Ready Escort (FRE), UK Nuclear Deterrent (Trident), Atlantic Patrol Task (North), Atlantic Patrol Task (South), East-of-Suez, Falkland Islands Patrol Task, NATO Response Force, Combined Task Forces, Mine Countermeasures Force (MCMFOR), Fishery Protection Squadron, Deployments in Response To New Events
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