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皇冠体育app Sandown Class ship will join a small force of sailors as part of the , whose job it is to patrol the Mediterranean and sometimes the Black Sea, the eastern Atlantic and the other side of the Suez Canal.

皇冠体育app group works together to clear historic weapons from the 2 world wars to more recent conflicts such as the Balkans in the 1990s, and also stands ready to react to remove more recent mines.

皇冠体育app NATO force is made up of minehunters from Italy, Turkey, Germany and the UK, plus a command ship from the Deutsche Marine, as the Germans are currently in charge of the group.

Some of 鈥檚 crew are veterans of NATO missions, such as Leading Diver Matthew Baker, aged 28, from Portsmouth, who last worked with the international mine force back in 2006.

It鈥檚 been a while since I鈥檝e worked under the NATO badge, but I鈥檓 really looking forward to working as part of a task group again,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t was a great experience last time in the Baltic, and I have no doubt it鈥檒l be just as successful this time around.

Penzance has recently received a major overhaul at Rosyth and has spent the summer undergoing trials and operational sea training. A rigorous programme ensured that both the ship and the ship鈥檚 company are fully prepared for the .

Lieutenant Commander Nick Unwin, HMS Penzance鈥檚 Commanding Officer, said:

This particular commitment is a long-standing, enduring commitment our Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessels have undertaken for many years and our upcoming work in the Mediterranean region will continue to build and strengthen our working relationships with our NATO colleagues.