HMS Gloucester – which has clocked up 787,928 miles during service across the globe, marked her final entry to the Naval Base in traditional fashion by flying a decommissioning pennant.

HMS Gloucester will leave on Friday for the next seven months. She will spend the majority of her deployment patrolling the British South Atlantic Isles including the Falklands and South Georgia.

He commanded the destroyer HMS Gloucester, the Amphibious Assault Ship HMS Fearless, the UK's Amphibious Task Group and the Maritime Warfare Centre. He also had five joint appointments with ...