Portsmouth's Iron Duke braced to join major Nato war game in Norway

A FRIGATE from Portsmouth is gearing up to join a Nato war game in Norway.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Feb 2016, 05:00 GMT

11/1/2016 (MOL)

HMS Iron Duke left Portsmouth on Monday for a six-month deployment to Northern Europe.

Picture: Sarah Standing (160089-7800) PPP-161101-154401001 — 11/1/2016 (MOL) HMS Iron Duke left Portsmouth on Monday for a six-month deployment to Northern Europe. Picture: Sarah Standing (160089-7800) PPP-161101-154401001

HMS Iron Duke, and her sister ship HMS Sutherland will join 18 other warships and 15,000 personnel from across Europe in the three-week test.

From the middle of next week, the ships will be sailing around the fjords for the exercise, called Cold Response.

‘Cold Response will see a step increase in tempo as we start working with land and air forces – this will be a real show of what Nato and its partners are capable of,’ said Commander Ben Aldous, HMS Iron Duke’s commanding officer.