A Patrol Ship currently under construction by VT ship builders in Portsmouth, England, For the Royal navy.
Its main Task is to Relieve HMS Dumbarton Castle and HMS Leeds Castle as having the task to Patrol the South Atlantic Ocean, The Falklands In Particular. Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dumbarton Castle after Dumbarton Castle. ... Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leeds Castle after Leeds Castle, near Maidstone in Kent. ...
It is to be completed by 2007, and should be able to stay in Atlantic waters till 2012, before having to return to England for refit.
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