British Warship ‘HMS York’ Stops By Bermuda
The HMS York will pay a short visit to Bermuda, from today [June 22] through Friday, on her way back to the U.K. having completed her current deployment.
A spokesperson said, “HMS York is on the last leg of her five-month deployment to the southern oceans after passing through the world’s greatest manmade waterway.”
“After the bulk of her deployment around the Falklands, Britain’s fastest destroyer warship shifted oceans to the Pacific to begin a seven-and-a-half-week passage back to her home base of Portsmouth. Her last port of call was Key West in Florida and she will also call at the Azores before returning to Portsmouth.”
“HMS York was the last of the Type 42 destroyers to be built for the Royal Navy. Launched in 1982 and accepted into service in March 1985, she is the 12th ship in the Royal Navy to bear the name. Very proud of such a historic name, the ship has a strong affiliation with the City of York who bestowed the Freedom of City on the ship in March 1991.”
- Photo courtesy of The Royal Navy
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I had to read this twice….. If tjis ship just left Key West and is docked in Dockyard it had to shift from the Pacific to the Atlantic don’t you agree. Last I check Bermuda is located in the Atlantic.
Maybe the Bermuda triangle has now moved to the Pacific Ocean. The ship got caught up in it and Poof! it ended up in the Atlantic Ocean!
I read the story online this clip is just the first paragraph of the story. Very misleading Bernews and by the way I really wasn’t expecting you to post my comment because more often than not I make comments and they never make it online.
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/type-42-destroyers/hms-york/news/hms_york_homeward_bo.htm
LOL, the story on that site is their story and clearly, we are not about to steal their story and post it here. We quoted the local spokesperson verbatim that is what they said, and then provided the link to that story.
It says “after passing through the world’s greatest manmade waterway” … that would be the Panama Canal, hence the last stop before us was Key West.
The Panama Canal has the Pacific ocean at one end and the Atlantic on the other, and so since they were coming from the Pacific, they ended coming out on the Atlantic side!
I guess you just kind of have to have an idea of the ways of the water, but it does make sense!
It says it was in the Faulklands then shifted oceans, presumably around Cape Horn, to the Pacific. Then was on its way back to Portsmouth through the Panama canal…. stopping off at Key West.