UK's Defence Equipment Sales Authority announced that two Sandown-class minehunters, HMS Blyth and HMS Pembroke, which served the Royal Navy around the globe will have a new lease of life with one of the UK's NATO allies, Romania.

Two MCM vessels, "Chernihiv" and "Cherkasy" were commissioned with the Navy of Ukraine during ceremony held in Glasgow, Scotland

Royal Navy minehunters HMS Ramsey and HMS Blyth were formally decommissioned on August 4, during a poignant ceremony at Rosyth Dockyard.

Four minehunters from the two allies’ navies pooled their collective resources to work with two of the Royal Navy’s frigates operating in the Gulf for two action-packed days which extended far beyond the art of hunting mines.