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HMS DEFENDER ARRIVES IN GLASGOW
Pictured is HMS DEFENDER arriving in her affiliated city Glasgow. The state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will visit Glasgow â her adopted city â for the first time since she was delivered to the Royal Navy.
And she sails in under the command of Commander Philip Nash, who also served on the cityâs previous twinned ship â HMS Glasgow; a proud and welcome return for him.
âThis is our first visit to our adopted city since the ship left Scotstoun after her initial sea trials,â said Commander Philip Nash, HMS Defenderâs Commanding Officer. âShe has now proved herself at sea and is operating within the Fleet alongside her other five sisters.
âI am hugely proud to be the first Commanding Officer to bring her back to the city and river where she was built; my shipâs company and I feel extremely privileged to be affiliated to Glasgow and are honoured to have been invited by the Lord Provost and Glasgow City Council to a special reception at the City Chambers.
âGlasgow has a very proud and distinguished maritime heritage and Defender is an extremely visible reminder of that.
HMS Defender is the fifth of Britainâs six Type 45 destroyers which are the most advanced warships the nation has ever built. Their mission is to shield the Fleet from air attack using the state-of-the-art Sea Viper missile system.
HMS DEFENDER ARRIVES IN GLASGOW
Pictured is HMS DEFENDER arriving in her affiliated city Glasgow. The state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will visit Glasgow â her adopted city â for the first time since she was delivered to the Royal Navy.
And she sails in under the command of Commander Philip Nash, who also served on the cityâs previous twinned ship â HMS Glasgow; a proud and welcome return for him.
âThis is our first visit to our adopted city since the ship left Scotstoun after her initial sea trials,â said Commander Philip Nash, HMS Defenderâs Commanding Officer. âShe has now proved herself at sea and is operating within the Fleet alongside her other five sisters.
âI am hugely proud to be the first Commanding Officer to bring her back to the city and river where she was built; my shipâs company and I feel extremely privileged to be affiliated to Glasgow and are honoured to have been invited by the Lord Provost and Glasgow City Council to a special reception at the City Chambers.
âGlasgow has a very proud and distinguished maritime heritage and Defender is an extremely visible reminder of that.
HMS Defender is the fifth of Britainâs six Type 45 destroyers which are the most advanced warships the nation has ever built. Their mission is to shield the Fleet from air attack using the state-of-the-art Sea Viper missile system.