An officer stands watching from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious as the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster returns to Portsmouth
An officer stands watching from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious as the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster returns to Portsmouth Royal Navy Base following a six-and-a-half month deployment to the Indian Ocean and the Gulf. During her time away Westminster has visited 11 different ports in eight countries en route to and while operating in the Middle East, steaming 36,500 nautical miles in the process. Picture date: Thursday February 27, 2014. Photograph by Christopher Ison
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