Crew of HMS Dauntless return house for Christmas after 195 days at sea
- The Type 45 destroyer retuned to its house base of Portsmouth after 195 days
- The warship seized greater than 2,000kg of cocaine throughout a 28,000-nautical mile mission
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless has returned to its house port after its crew seized greater than £200m of medication throughout a hurricane season deployment to the Caribbean.
The Type 45 destroyer intercepted smugglers on 4 events, serving to seize greater than 2,000kg of cocaine throughout a 28,000-nautical mile mission.
The warship returned to its house base of Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Friday having accomplished its mission to the British Overseas Territories.
As effectively because the drug raids, sailors from the warship helped clear plastic waste from a turtle nesting web site on the Caribbean island of Curacao.
The 190-capacity vessel arrived into Portsmouth at this time because it was greeted by a whole bunch of emotional households holding indicators aloft in anticipation of reuniting with their family members for the primary time in 195 days.
Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless returns to its house base of Portsmouth, Hampshire after deployment within the Caribbean
Families waited to greet the returning crew after being away for 195 days
Pictured: Many made personalised indicators as they docked into Portsmouth Harbour
Pictured: A household reuniting after greater than six months away at sea
The 190-crew was deployed to the Caribbean in July
Commander Ben Dorrington, Dauntless’s commanding officer, mentioned: ‘I’m immensely happy with what HMS Dauntless has achieved
The ship has returned to its house port after greater than six months away after being deployed in July, having succeeded in seizing greater than 2,000kg of cocaine, price greater than £200 million while it patrolled the Caribbean.
According to the crew, Dauntless intercepted 5 illicit drug trafficking operations and carried out 18 port visits.
The crew additionally achieved clearing plastic waste from a turtle nesting web site on the Caribbean island of Curacao.
She additionally offered reassurance to British Overseas Territories throughout hurricane season within the area from June to November.
The crew of HMS Dauntless additionally cleared plastic waste from a turtle nesting web site on the Caribbean island of Curacao (Pictured: A Sea Turtle within the Caribbean)
Commander Ben Dorrington, Dauntless’s commanding officer, mentioned: ‘I’m immensely happy with what HMS Dauntless has achieved throughout this deployment, the primary destroyer to finish this job since Dauntless was final within the Caribbean in 2012.
‘Our workforce have labored tirelessly during the last 195 days away throughout a spread of duties.’
Dauntless’s deployment was the primary following the Power Improvement Programme (PIP) engine improve of the Type 45 fleet which had suffered energy failures resulting in a few of the class being taken out of service for lengthy intervals.
Deputy weapon engineering officer Lieutenant Harry Jukes mentioned: ‘The extra resilience offered by the third diesel generator provides us elevated redundancy within the ship’s electrical energy provide, which means extra availability of sensors to command able to monitoring contacts over 200 miles.’
Petty officer engineering technician Ryan Waters added: ‘The PIP has given a lot better resilience to the propulsion plant of a Type 45 destroyer, enhancing availability to the Type 45 fleet which gives important air and missile defence functionality to guard the UK’s plane carriers deployed on operations all over the world.’
