HMS SOMERSET

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Fregate trouble plagued in Rosyth

The HMS 'Somerset' remains alongside at Rosyth after an emergency drydocking following a major leak earlier in the year and a recent major failure of her systems. The fregate went to dry dock in Rosyth on June 20, 2022, to get essential repairs made. Her rudder had a major leak, and she needed emergency dry docking, but rather than returning to HMS Drake, where the crew would have had to stay, the ship came to Rosyth so they could get accommodation ashore as Drake was not able to accommodate the crew. The HMS “Somerset" spent 58 days docked down getting the rudder repaired and sealed. However, she was due to sail from Rosyth to RNAD Crombie a couple of miles upriver from Rosyth to be armed and then continue on her trials. Tugs, started to move the ship, when the ship had a complete failure and ended up becoming a dead ship, narrowly avoiding an allision with the jetty at Rosyth. The ship was towed upriver to Crombie where it was tied up. The ship has since sat there for the past three days and remains alongside with no confirmed sailing date.