included are HMS Defender carrying out a £3.3m drugs bust in the Middle East in December 2019, in December 2014 after more than six months away deployed on high intensity operations in the Northern Gulf and leaving on her second major deployment in October 2015.
21. HMS Defender memories
Portsmouth Naval Base opened its doors to 20 senior officers and civil servants from the Bangladesh National Defence College to give them an insight into the Royal Navy.
The visit was part of a week-long fact-finding tour of military bases in the UK to learn about the armed forces’ role in national security.
Picture: LA(PHOT) Keith Morgan Photo: LA(PHOT) Keith Morgan