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Protecting the HMNB Clyde and safeguarding the UK’s nuclear fleet? It’s all in a day’s work for the Faslane Boat Patrol Squadron.
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With just two ships, Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron may be the smallest squadron in the Royal Navy – but given the far-reaching security implications of their duties, they’re also one of the most important.
The squadron’s day-to-day activities could see them undertaking search-and-rescue or weapons training, escorting high-value shipping vessels, or conducting exercises in and around the Firth of Clyde.
Perhaps most importantly of all, they also act as guardians of the Vanguard-class submarines that house the Trident nuclear deterrent. From 2020, they will also protect the Royal Navy’s new generation of hunter-killer submarines: the Astute class.
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