SEVERN PROVES CARIBBEAN PATROL ROLE
ROYAL NAVY Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS SEVERN is to return to her base in Portsmouth after an eight-month deployment to the Caribbean. The fact that a Royal Navy ship is coming home after a stint in the West Indies isn’t really news. What is newsworthy is that Severn is the first ship of her type to be sent abroad in such a role. Severn is one of four Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) in service with the Royal Navy. Small and lightly armed, she is more commonly seen patrolling ar
