Clyde celebrated ten years in the South Atlantic with her only time off station being the maintenance periods in South Africa. In November, Clyde was redeployed from a patrol of South Georgia to assist in the search for the missing Argentinian submarine . End of Royal Navy service A parliamentary briefing paper released in October 2016 stated that Clyde would leave service in 2017; however on 24 April 2017, in a written answer to a question raised by Sir Nicholas Soames, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Defence Harriett Baldwin stated Clyde would be decommissioned in 2019. Clyde was due to be replaced by the Batch 2 ship in 2018. However, later than originally planned, Forth relieved Clyde in late 2019. Clyde returned to Portsmouth after an absence 12 years on 20 December 2019 and was decommissioned on the same day. Clyde was rumoured to be taken over by Brazil once the Royal Navy lease expired. However, this was denied by the Brazilian Navy, with BAE Systems taking back possession of the ship at the end of the Royal Navy's lease. Transfer to Bahrain On 7 August 2020 it was announced in a ceremony held at the HMNB Portsmouth Naval Base in the UK, that Clyde had been transferred to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force, with the ship renamed as RBNS Al-Zubara. The ceremony was held in the presence of the Bahraini Ambassador to the UK and representatives of BAE Systems. See also Standing Royal Navy deployments References External links Ships built in Portsmouth River-class patrol vessels 2006 ships Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom