Royal Navy Flagship, HMS Albion, accompanied by HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay arrived in Gibraltar today for programmed logistics support.

The Task Group, with more than 1,000 sailors and Royal Marines onboard, departed the UK last week for a 3-month Littoral Response Group (Experimentation) (LRG(X)) deployment, operating in the Mediterranean Sea.

While deployed the ships will test the new concepts of the Littoral Strike Group (which replaces the UK’s long-standing Amphibious Task Group) and shape the Future Commando Force (FCF) – the evolution of the Royal Marines into a hi-tech raiding and strike force – both of which are at the heart of the transformation of the Royal Navy.

The task group will also support NATO’s Mediterranean security operation Sea Guardian and conduct exercises in Cyprus.

Pics: David Sanchez