Limeys light ‘em up
July 22nd, 2009 | Coast Guard Royal Navy Ships | Posted by Phil Ewing
The sun set on the frigate Iron Duke as it prepared to pull out of Portsmouth, England for a deployment // Royal Navy
The crew of the Royal Navy frigate Iron Duke ruined the afternoon of some suspected drug smugglers this week, when it interdicted their boat, arrested them, and then sank their vessel. The BBC has some great video of the Iron Duke’s sailors going to town on the suspects’ vessel with their cannons and machine guns — you can see it here. The U.S. Coast Guard was also along for the ride, the Beeb reported.
Iron Duke, by the by, is the same frigate that England’s Prince William served aboard last year as part of his extended stint in the British military.