Onboard HMS Bulwark: Reliving Her Deployment

HMS Bulwark returns home today after operations in the Mediterranean.

Deployed on Exercise Cougar 15, the deployment consisted of exercises with the French Navy off Corsica and then Exercise Trident Juncture, the largest NATO exercise for a decade, involving 30 nations, 60 ships and 36,000 personnel.

When away from exercises and operations, the ship has paid port visits to Gibraltar, Toulon, Palermo and Malta. High-profile visits have been received from the Prime Minister, Home Secretary and high ranking NATO officials culminating with a ‘Cheer Ship’ for Her Majesty the Queen in Malta.

HMS Bulwark completed the deployment by providing security support to the Maltese Armed Forces for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

See above for a three-minute video which captures the essence of HMS Bulwark and the Cougar 15 deployment.

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