Operation Telic Towards end of month RFA Cardigan Bay deployed to the Arabian Gulf for a 3 year mission to assist in the training of the Iraqi Navy, returning to Portsmouth on 7 Jan 2011.
2011-apr
Deployment
departed UK for Mediterranean as part of Response Force Task Group in support of possible operations against Libya.
2011-aug-26
Port Visit
A and P Falmouth arrived in Falmouth after de-storing in Plymouth, in preparation for refit.
2011-sep-10
Refit
A and P FalmouthRefit commenced 5 month refit at A and P Falmouth, completed 25 Feb 2012
2012-may
Deployment
departed UK for Middle East and Indian Ocean extended deployment. Returned to UK Jul 2016.
2013-sep
Aircraft
815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 re-assigned from HMS Dragon while on station in the Gulf, supporting UK mine hunters. Embarked team of 831 Flight to test the ScanEagle
2014-mar
Aircraft
assigned 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ725/337 as Ships Flt by Mar 2014, still Jun 2015
2014-jul
Deployment
interoperated with US Army AH-64 of 3-159Bn 42nd CAB during Exercise Spartan Kopis off Bahrain.