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One of the Royal Navy’s most potent Frigates, HMS Sutherland, hosted the future Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Sir Richards this week as he took the opportunity to review the capabilities offered by the Senior Service.
HMS Sutherland returned to Plymouth today (13 August) to a rousing welcome from over 300 families and friends patiently waiting on the jetty as the Type 23 frigate came alongside.
Supporting the Fleet in operations around the world, 829 Naval Air Squadron dispatched 01 Flight to join HMS Sutherland and the Carrier Strike Group for the Auriga deployment, in order to take part in large-scale multi-national task group exercises.
HMS Ark Royal, the Nation’s Strike Carrier and Flagship of the Royal Navy, continues to enjoy a busy time whilst on the Multi-National Auriga deployment, welcoming her third harrier squadron since leaving Portsmouth Naval Base on 5 April 2010.
The AURIGA multinational Task Group hosted a high power US Navy delegation onboard HMS Sutherland on 19 May 10 to demonstrate the Royal Navy’s latest Anti-Submarine Warfare capability.
On the 22 April 2010 the AURIGA multinational Naval Task Group deployed Eastern Seaboard of the United States having successfully completed two weeks of preparation training off the west coast of Scotland.
Following an extensive £35 million refit in Rosyth, Scotland, a busy period of support to training and maritime security in UK waters HMS Sutherland set sail from Devonport on 6 Apr 10 to join the AURIGA10 Task Group
Royal Navy warship, HMS Sutherland continues to ensure the vital shipping lanes around the UK remain safe to enable the continual flow of goods and energy to arrive as she prepares for her deployment with the AURIGA Task Group in April this year.