Emily Templeton 4, from Dundee, and her mother Kirsty wait patiently for her father, Leading Hand Calum Templeton to return home

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Emily Templeton 4, from Dundee, and her mother Kirsty wait patiently for her father, Leading Hand Calum Templeton to return home aboard the type 23 frigate HMS Richmond at Portsmouth Royal Navy Base following a seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic. Picture date: Friday February 21, 2014. Photograph by Christopher Ison

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