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Deep down in the depths of the Arabian Sea, Plymouth-based submarine HMS Talent lurks silently, evading for the moment, the probing eyes of the Merlin Maritime Patrol Helicopters and warships prowling above.

The culmination of the first phase of the Royal Navy’s Taurus 09 deployment was to be a huge multinational exercise on and around the coast of Turkey by the name of EGEMEN.

The ships of TAURUS 09 have transited the Suez Canal, marking the start of Phase Two of the deployment. After a brief stop off at Port Said, the entrance to the canal where they waited patiently to be brought forward through this busy shipping lane..

A Royal Navy Task Group which forms the biggest deployment to the Far East in more than a decade is preparing to head into some of the busiest sea lanes of the world, notorious for pirate attacks.

Three Royal Navy ships, which make up part of the UK’s biggest sea deployments of recent years, have spent the past week in the Greek island of Crete..

HMS Ocean’s crew have been taking a well earned break this week in the ancient Aegean port of Izmir following completion of an intensive 2 week Amphibious Exercise off the coast of Turkey.

The TAURUS ships have been enjoying their third stand-down of the deployment, with visits to Crete, Cyprus and Turkey.

Commander UK Maritime Forces, Rear Admiral Phil Jones has paid a visit to the TAURUS 09 Task Group as it exercises in the Mediterranean.

While troops taking part in the Cyprus Wader geared up at sea for the beach assaults, a specialist Royal Marine detachment slipped ashore, unseen, undetected, preparing the land for the impending assault.

Under the clear blue skies of the Mediterranean, the eleven ships of the Royal Navy’s TAURUS 09 deployment line up, in a rare display of might.

Royal Marines from Taunton-based 40 Commando have been testing the waters of the eastern Mediterranean.

Following a very enjoyable port visit to Soudha Bay, Crete, HMS Talent joined the Taurus 09 Task group.  After participating in the first of a series of Combined Anti-Submarine Exercises..

Thousands of Royal Navy sailors, Royal Marines and airmen are taking part in a major amphibious exercise in Cyprus, as part of one of the navy’s largest deployments of recent years.

Early 2009 has seen HMS Somerset successfully regenerate to become a key asset for a major Royal Navy deployment, TAURUS 09. 

HMS Talent has sailed to join the rest of the TAURUS 09 Task Group in the Mediterranean.

Four warships which sailed into Valletta’s Grand Harbour last week have now left, sailing into the Mediterranean sunset.

HMS Bulwark sailed into the Grand harbour, Malta as apart of the TAURUS 09 deployment

Royal Marines from Taunton-based 40 Commando have returned to Gibraltar, the scene of one their most famous and historic battles.