Warm welcome for ice patrol ship

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 Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - 09:30
Warm welcome for ice patrol ship

Gibraltar offers a warm welcome to the Royal Navy’s only Ice Patrol Ship HMS PROTECTOR as she arrived alongside for a programmed logistics visit.


Deployed for 330 days a year she has recently undergone a major refit and prepared for her first visit to the Antarctica since 2019, by sailing far into the Arctic in order to practice her ice crunching skills.

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