D106 Lion is the latest Type 35A Panther destroyer to join the fleet. It will not join the fleet until November as it will be used by Training Command for a number of exercises taking place over the next couple of months.
Two Pentekonters have been converted to Type 44M Pentekonter-M minesweepers, the whole class of 8 has also been renumbered. The 2 ships are M107 Orpheus and M108 Aeschylus. The 2 ships will continue to serve with the patrol pool for a few more months.
Finally 2 more Type 75A Friendship class transports have joined the fleet A209 Assistance and A210 Project. The DDS are looking into developing a "drop in" medical module that can be fitted quickly to a Friendship transport so they can be used for providing mobile medical facilities to small remote colonies and also provide a back-up to the DDS' hospital ships in the event of a large-scale humanitarian crisis.
