HMS Somerset to return home (From This is The West Country)

HMS Somerset to return home

4:00pm Tuesday 21st February 2012 in Somerset

HMS Somerset is due to return home this Friday (February 24).

The ship has been on a six-month deployment in the Middle East.

It will arrive at Devenport, Plymouth at 10.30am.

HMS Somerset’s second-in-command Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Ben Aldous, said: “Our homecoming is a long and eagerly anticipated conclusion to a lengthy deployment. "Although Somerset is well-equipped and her ship’s company well-trained, it cannot be under-estimated how well the spirit and moral of the team is bolstered by the support of family and friends at home. "It is going to be an emotional day.”

HMS Somerset has remained at sea for up to six weeks continuously at any one time and visited Oman, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania and the Seychelles.