Some Ships

HMS Edinburgh (foreground) conducts her first Replenishment at Sea of their South Atlantic deployment with RFA Black Rover off the coast of West Africa. HMS Edinburgh is currently deployed to conduct maritime security patrols around the British South Atlantic Islands, including the Falklands and South Georgia. On her journey south the type 42 Destroyer will visit a variety of countries off the West coast of Africa and arrive in the Falklands in mid-July. On completion of her tasking Edinburgh is due to arrive home in Portsmouth in Dec 2011.Photographer: LA (PHOT) Kyle Heller

HMS Edinburgh is pictured enroute to Valparaiso, Chile. HMS Edinburgh has been deployed on the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) since May 2011. En route to the South Atlantic she has conducted a number of high profile regional visits including Luanda in Angola and South Georgia. Since arriving in the South Atlantic she has provided support and reassurance to the British South Atlantic Overseas Territories. HMS Edinburgh has now completed her mid-deployment maintenance period in South Africa to ensure she remains fully operationally capable for the remainder of the deployment. Photographer: LA(PHOT) Kyle Heller

HMS Edinburgh has passes through the Patagonian Canal on transit to her next port of call, Valparaiso, Chile. HMS Edinburgh has been deployed on the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) since May 2011. En route to the South Atlantic she has conducted a number of high profile regional visits including Luanda in Angola and South Georgia. Since arriving in the South Atlantic she has provided support and reassurance to the British South Atlantic Overseas Territories. HMS Edinburgh has now completed her mid-deployment maintenance period in South Africa to ensure she remains fully operationally capable for the remainder of the deployment. Photographer: LA(PHOT) Kyle Heller

HMS Ocean returns to Plymouth Sound from an eight month deployment in support of Operation Ellamy in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship was escorted in by Devonport based tugs. Families of the ship’s company warmly greeted their loved ones and a Royal Marines Band played as the ship sailed into Devonport Dockyard. Hundreds stood for several hours in the cold December air waiting for the vessel to arrive. Photographer: LA(Phot) Martin Carney