Two former Royal Navy minehunters handed over to Ukraine arrive in port
by Ben Mitchell
Apr 11, 2024
3 minutes
Two former Royal Navy minehunter ships which have been handed over to the Ukrainian navy have arrived in Portsmouth as the crews undergo training to prepare them for missions in the Black Sea.
The Sandown-class warships, HMS Grimsby and HMS Shoreham, were decommissioned from the Royal Navy to be transferred to the Ukrainian military where they will operate under the names Chernihiv and Cherkasy.
The ships, which each served more than 20 years in the
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