HMS Defender (D36) returned to Portsmouth, UK on 9/12/2021. The air defence destroyer was one of the units in the carrier strike group deployed to the Indo-Pacific.
Crew are lined up on deck in Procedure Alpha for a ceremonial entry into port. HMS Defender (D36) left Portsmouth, UK on the 25th February 2022 as part of the UK / NATO response to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: The Solent, off Portsmouth, UK.
Photo credit: © Neil Watkin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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