HMS Atherstone returned to Portsmouth, UK on 23/12/15 after a long Gulf deployment.

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HMS Atherstone (M38) is one of eight Hunt Class mine warfare vessels in the Royal Navy and she returned to Portsmouth, UK on the 23rd December 2015 after three and a half years away, protecting British and International interests in the Gulf. It was announced on 27/10/17 that the ship's refit is being suspended and that she will be decommissioned at Portsmouth on 14/12/17.

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Location: Portsmouth, UK.
Photo credit: © Neil Watkin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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