Following on from their visits to India and exercise off Bangladesh, the TAURUS 09 ships sailed into Singapore, joining a record number of international warships taking part in IMDEX Asia 2009.
Sailors and Royal Marines taking part in the Royal Navy’s key annual deployment have successfully concluded a joint naval exercise in Bangladesh in some of the most complicated waterways and coastlines in the World.
The ships of TAURUS 09 have transited the Suez Canal, marking the start of Phase Two of the deployment. After a brief stop off at Port Said, the entrance to the canal where they waited patiently to be brought forward through this busy shipping lane..
Royal Navy warship, HMS Iron Duke and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave Ruler have now arrived in the vicinity of the Cayman Islands, ready to render assistance if required to the people of the Cayman Isles in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.