HMS Portland has visited the Faroe Islands and become the first Royal Navy warship to visit the small island nation in 25 years.
The frigate visited the Faroes – half way between Norway and the Iceland – for 48 hours while taking part in an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise in the North Atlantic.
The short visit provided the ship’s company with a break from the six hours on six hours off routine they had been running during the exercise.
The ship berthed in Kollafjørõur, a village at the head of a fjord 13 nautical miles from the nation’s capital, Torshavn.