HMS Portland returns home from Autumn deployment

HMS Portland has returned to Devonport after months of operations in the North Atlantic and around UK waters.

The Type 23 Frigate departed her home port in early August to join offshore patrol vessel HMS Tyne and the RAF’s P8 Poseidon aircraft to monitor Russian vessels.

She also left her traditional operating areas in the North Atlantic to sail across to Canada, where she supported the Royal Canadian Navy’s inaugural International Fleet Week.

While docked in Nova Scotia, HMS Portland opened her gangway and allowed the public to come aboard. 

Back across the North Atlantic, Portland briefly joined HMS Queen Elizabeth and the UK Carrier Strike Group for training and exercises with NATO.

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Now in the UK, she was welcomed into port by the crew's loved ones, with some holding banners, flags and welcome home signs.

HMS Portland’s Commanding Officer, Commander Ed Moss-Ward said: “The support of friends and family is what allows sailors to do what they do.”