A reduced fleet of nine Type 23 frigates are still in service, although HMS Northumberland, entered the PGMU refit process in ...

The Royal Navy vessel HMS Northumberland is returning to Tyneside for a goodwill visit. The Type 23 frigate was built by Swan Hunter, in Wallsend, in 1992 and is the adopted ship of Northumberland.

HMS Northumberland has sailed about 23,043 miles (37,084 km) since January 2023 locating Russian units and operating submarine-hunting exercises The Type 23 frigate returned to Plymouth's ...