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  Ships of the Royal Navy - Castle Class Patrol Vessels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Castle Class vessels are the largest dedicated patrol vessels operated by the Royal Navy.
The Castle class have a secondary-warfare role as minelayers.
The uses of such a helicopter could include, the transfer of a Royal Marines platoon (although when a covert landing is required, it is likely that the Royal Marines would use of the RIB boats) medevac operations, along with general provisioning and transfer operations.
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  HMS Leeds Castle (P258) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leeds Castle was launched in October 1980 and commissioned into the Royal Navy the following August.
HMS Glasgow, HMS Endurance and RFA Gold Rover are also currently in the area as of March 2004.
Leeds Castle will remain in the area throughout her deployment but the crew will be rotated every six months.
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 HMS Leeds Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leeds Castle after Leeds Castle, near Maidstone in Kent.
The first Leeds Castle (K384) was a Castle-class corvette (though later on re-designated a frigate).
Leeds Castle (P258) is a Castle-class patrol vessel launched in 1980.
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 HMS Leeds Castle P258 - Definition up Erdmond.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Leeds Castle was launched in October 1980 and commissioned into the Royal_Navy the following August.
Since that conflict, the Leeds Castle has spent much time performing fishery protection duties around the United_Kingdom, as-well as being used as a guard-ship in the Falkland_Islands.
HMS Glasgow, HMS_Endurance and RFA Gold Rover are also currently in the area as of March 2004.
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 British Naval Forces in the Falklands War
HMS Conqueror returning to Faslane Naval Base after the war, flying the Jolly Roger to signal her sinking of the ARA General Belgrano
HMS Glasgow (D88) - damaged by bomb from a Skyhawk
HMS Avenger (F185) - damaged by Skyhawks and Mirages
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 HMS Leeds Castle (P258) - Result for HMS Leeds Castle (P258) - Meaning of HMS Leeds Castle (P258) - Definition of HMS ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
} The second HMS '''''Leeds Castle''''' is a Castle class patrol vessel Castle-class patrol ship built by Hall Russell Co. Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Her sister-ship is HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265) HMS Dumbarton Castle, which was commissioned in 1982.
HMS Glasgow (D88) HMS Glasgow, HMS Endurance and RFA Gold Rover (A271) RFA Gold Rover are also currently in the area as of March 2004.
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 HMS Leeds Castle (P258)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Her sister-ship is HMSDumbarton Castle, which was commissioned in 1982.
HMS Glasgow, HMS Endurance and RFA GoldRover are also currently in the area as of March 2004.
Leeds Castle will remain in thearea throughout her deployment but the crew will be rotated every six months.
www.therfcc.org /RFCC/hms-leeds-castle-p258--347929.html   (242 words)

  
 HMS Leeds Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The first HMS Leeds Castle was a Castle Class Corvette (though later on re-designated a frigate).
The second HMS Leeds Castle is a Castle Class patrol ship built by Hall Russell Co. Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland.
She was involved in the 1982 Falklands War, operating between Ascension Island, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands, as a dispatch vessel.
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 HMS Leeds Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
There have been just two ships that have borne the name HMS Leeds Castle.
The first Leeds Castle was a Castle-class Corvette (though later on re-designated a frigate).
She was built in 1944, the year of the famous D-Day landings and other famous events during the Second World War.
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 Castle Class Patrol Vessels
The Castle Class were designed as purpose built Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) to either relegate the aging Ton Class vessels to coastal waters or replace them altogether.
, both Castle Class vessels- Leeds Castle and Dumbarton Castle- were build in Aberdeen by Hall Russell.
During the Falklands Campaign (1982) they served as dispatch vessels and in recent years they have alternated the role of Falkland Islands Guardship, spending long periods of time (up to three years) in the South Atlantic, with their crews rotating every four months.
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 HMS Leeds Castle - Result for HMS Leeds Castle - Meaning of HMS Leeds Castle - Definition of HMS Leeds Castle - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
*The first HMS Leeds Castle (K384) ''Leeds Castle'' (K384) was a Castle class corvette Castle-class corvette (though later on re-designated a frigate).
* HMS Leeds Castle (P258) ''Leeds Castle'' (P258) is a Castle class patrol vessel Castle-class patrol vessel launched in 1980.
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 HMS Leeds Castle (P258) - Wikipedia
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 History of the Falklands War
Smaller ships in the fleet were The Castle Class Patrol Boats HMS Leeds castle P258 and HMS Dumbarton Castle P265, HMS Endurance the Ice Patrol Ship under the command of Captain Barker.
The Pedestal Convoy - HMS Indomitable by Anthony Saunders.
HMS Argonaut lies at anchor to her starboard with HMS Antrim in the extreme distance.
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