Exif MM * ` ] I O f n( 1 $ v2 ; ći % | The Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland has returned to Plymouth to a heroes’ welcome after a highly successful nine-month deployment that has taken her two thirds of the way around the world. Portland was welcomed home by more than 650 joyous friends and family members. A face painter and children’s entertainer will have the formidable task of containing the enthusiasm of children who last saw their parents at the beginning of summer 2016. Portland’s Commanding Officer, Captain Paul Stroude (43) said: “This has been a challenging and hugely varied deployment that has tested my Ship and her Company. Despite encountering temperatures ranging from sub-zero near the Antarctic to over 50 degrees in the Gulf, we have continued to deliver all that was asked of us. Throughout the deployment the Ship’s Company have represented themselves, the Royal Navy and their country with distinction. None of this would have been possible however without the unstinting support of our families back home who, arguably, had a much tougher job than us. I wish to take this opportunity to thank them for their support. Canon Canon EOS-1D X Mark II ' 'Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Macintosh) 2017:03:10 15:52:02 LPhot Caroline Davies ©UK MOD CROWN COPYRIGHT, 2015 " ' d % 9 A I Q Y a z i q G 48 50 51 482017:03:10 11:39:00 yX B@ VLV B@ d S 7 ( H H Adobe_CM Adobe d n " ? 3 !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdE£t6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw 5 !1AQaq"2B#R3$brCScs4%&5DTdEU6teuFVfv'7GWgw ? TM!%.WXII-խ_?g-%ٺ5j~mn~,m {^|~9 uV Z77gA/i)nTϮևT