 The squadron's disbandment was announced on 23 March 2005 as part of the process of normalization which follows the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.The last three ships of the squadron, the Hunt-class ships , , and , were decommissioned on 19 July 2005, just a few days before the Provisional Irish Republican Army completed the decommissioning of its weapons and called off its armed campaign.In 1993, River-class minesweepers, , , , and were assigned to the Northern Ireland Squadron where they replaced Ton-class minesweepers.