The Derwent is the oldest vessel in service with any of the Anglo-Celt navies having been launched well over a century ago as HMS Clyde, a River class patrol vessel. She was the Falkland Islands guard ship at the time of the Fall and loyally remained on station for over ten years before returning to the UK on a famous epic voyage filled with daring and adventure. Indeed a whole series of novels were published years later based on this, with varying degrees of accuracy, that were followed by a TV Movie. Finally returning to the UK the crew found a shattered country barely surviving in the post-apocalyptic world. The Anglo-Celtic Accords had just been signed and there where now six states where they had previously been just two but a peace was being forged.
The Captain and the majority of the crew elected to join the English Navy with a minority returning to their own states. After a brief period of much needed repairs the vessel was ready to re-enter service at a time when naval resources were desperately scarce in the face of a rise in piracy and coastal raiding. Following on from complaints from Scotland Government over the use of the name Clyde, the ship was re-commissioned as the Derwent. Operating in the North Sea fishing grounds she brought a degree of stability to the area and much needed food for North East England.
She and her crew were promoted in the English press and they became well respected and loved. The Derwent remained in service for many years and is a symbol of resolve. She is still operational today and there are no plans to decommission her.
