HMS Montrose Archives - Baird Maritime

March 26, 2021

Royal Navy frigate nets third drug bust in five weeks

Written by Baird Maritime on March 26, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has interdicted illicit narcotics in Middle East waters for the third time in less than five weeks. Earlier this month, in ..

October 23, 2020

Royal Navy frigate seizes £18 million in drugs in Persian Gulf

Written by Baird Maritime on October 23, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

Sailors and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose have intercepted over 450 kilograms of methamphetamine, with a wholesale value of £18 million (US$23 ..

July 22, 2019

FEATURE | Tanker seizure highlights maritime security complexities

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 22, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Ship World Features, Tanker World.

On July 19, Iranian forces conducted a professionally-executed operation to seize the Swedish-owned, UK-flagged, tanker Stena Impero, while it was underway in ..

February 18, 2021

Royal Navy frigate scores £10.9 million drug haul in Arabian Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on February 18, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Royal Navy has intercepted over 2,400 kilograms of illicit drugs as a result of back-to-back successful interdictions in the Arabian Sea. The boarding team from the ..

February 24, 2020

HMS Montrose seizes drugs in Gulf of Oman

Written by Baird Maritime on February 24, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

A Royal Navy warship has bagged more than a tonne of cannabis on the infamous “Hash Highway” in the waters of the Middle East. A team of sailors and Royal ..

July 12, 2019

FEATURE | Iranian attack boats harass British tanker – a catalyst for international action?

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 12, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Ship World Features, Tanker World.

On July 11, up to five small fast attack craft, of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN), reportedly approached the Isle of Man-registered oil tanker ..

October 26, 2020

COLUMN | Maritime forces respond to surge in drug trafficking by sea [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on October 26, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Intelligence reports indicate that the Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound effect upon the international trade in illegal narcotics. The radical reduction in airline ..

August 9, 2019

FEATURE | Joint US-UK escort for ships transiting Strait of Hormuz

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on August 9, 2019. Posted in Ships (Naval).

Washington’s efforts to form up a multi-national naval task force to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz have, so far, proved fruitless. On August 5, though, ..

April 7, 2019

Royal Navy frigate tracks illegal fuel transfer during North Korea sanctions enforcement

Written by Baird Maritime on April 7, 2019. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Royal Navy recently confirmed that the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose successfully tracked an illegal fuel transfer at sea while conducting United Nations ..