COLOMBO (News 1st); On 24th July, HMS Richmond, Type 23 Duke-Class Frigate with the UK Carrier Strike Group will enter Thailand’s territorial waters to conduct a maritime military exercise with the Royal Thai Navy. his will be the first visit of a Royal Navy ship to Thailand since HMS Daring visited in 2014, and the first engagement of the UK Carrier Strike Group with an ASEAN nation. HMS Richmond is part of the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group, the greatest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the UK in a generation. The Carrier Strike Group is a demonstration of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vision of a ‘Global Britain’. When the Carrier Strike Group left Portsmouth in May, it embarked on a truly global journey.

Source: The Nation July 23, 2021 10:07 UTC