Rebranding took place more than a year before the end of contract.Repulse wrote: ↑12 Jul 2022, 18:46They have been rebranded as part of the Overseas Patrol Squadron:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... l-squadron
As 2020q4, end of the contract, was right before de activating HMS Echo, RN had a good chance to save her. In place, RN decided to keep all three OPVs even when their amount of tasks was SIGNIFICANTLY reduced.
Why not disband/sell 2 OPVs, which were primarily used for fishery and keep HMS Echo and a single OPV as a training ship?
Looks like the task reduction on Echo was larger?