HMS Defender returning home to Portsmouth after her deployment to the Middle East in 2014. The Type 45 destroyer returned to the UK after more than six months deployed on high intensity operations in the Northern Gulf. The ship has spent part of her deployment supporting the US-led Carrier Task Group and her F18s conducting strikes in the fight against ISIL. Hundreds of friends and family welcomed the ship back home, joined by Portsmouth Military Wives Choir and the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Portsmouth. *Organization: Royal Navy *Object Name: FX140337001 *Category: MOD *Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Destroyers, Type 45 *Keywords: Royal Navy, Equipment, Ship, Destroyer, DDG, Type 45, HMS Defender *Country: At Sea