{"id":38252,"date":"2014-01-28T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T11:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=272dbe7616c448f2a1763c6c4bb5be33"},"modified":"2014-01-28T11:55:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T11:55:02","slug":"news-story-royal-navy-submarine-returns-home-from-successful-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=38252","title":{"rendered":"News story: Royal Navy submarine returns home from successful patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The crew of the nuclear-powered submarine were greeted by around 100 family members and friends, who braved the freezing rain and wind, after a successful patrol in the Mediterranean and the Gulf.<\/p>\n

The crowd, accompanied by a bugler and a bagpiper, waved welcome home banners as HMS Talent returned to Her Majesty\u2019s Naval Base Devonport.<\/p>\n

Commander John Aitken, the commanding officer of HMS Talent<\/a>, said: <\/p>\n

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I\u2019m really pleased to be home and see my wife Pippa and show her on board. We\u2019ve had a fantastic deployment and I\u2019m proud of HMS Talent and what we\u2019ve achieved.<\/p>\n

My ship\u2019s company, who are the best I\u2019ve ever worked with, have done a fantastic job. This is my last submarine seagoing job and I couldn\u2019t have had a better bunch of fellas to see us through.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Crew members of HMS Talent in the conning tower of the submarine as she comes alongside [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Joel Rouse, Crown copyright]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During her deployment the submarine made a number of port visits and took part in exercises with foreign navies while remaining ready to provide flexibility and potential firepower at short notice.<\/p>\n

On their return home to Plymouth, a number of the sailors were awarded badges featuring 2 dolphins signifying full submariner qualifications which were completed during the deployment.<\/p>\n

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Crew members of HMS Talent pull in ropes to tie the submarine alongside [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Joel Rouse, Crown copyright]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Webb was awarded his \u2018dolphins\u2019 by the captain. He said: <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a great day of double celebrations for us to be home and to get our dolphins. I\u2019ve missed my new daughter \u2013 she\u2019s only 9 months, so I\u2019ve missed a lot of her life and have been longing to see her again.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m very proud to be a true submariner at last. It was very hard work learning everything about how a submarine works and what to do when something breaks down and what everyone else does on board.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The submarine will now undergo a 6-week maintenance period in Plymouth before conducting further training at sea to ensure she and her crew are ready in all respects to carry out any future tasking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HMS Talent arrived home to a cheering crowd in Plymouth on Monday (27 January) after a 5-month deployment promoting security worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}