(Photo: U.S. Navy/Shawn Eklund Photographer's Mate 2nd Class)
The United Kingdom Royal Navy are set to send the frigate HMS Cumberland to join the anti-piracy operations of the Gulf of Aden.
This is the vessels second tour fighting piracy in the region.
The Type 22 frigate departed Plymouth on the 25th of May, where she had undergone maintenance work on a number of key systems, since return to the port in December 2008.
Captain David Dutton OBE, Commanding Officer of HMS Cumberland said:
"Cumberland is well prepared for this deployment. We are going to an area recognised internationally as one of the most unstable parts of the world... However, the UK is committed to maintaining a national and coalition presence in the region and all of us in Cumberland are looking forward to and ready to face the challenges ahead."
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