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- The UK Royal Navy will sail HMS Prince of Wales from Portsmouth on 18 October to begin phase-two of Operation FIRECREST.
- HMS Prince of Wales will be escorted by Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless and ships from Norway, Denmark and Germany.
- Over 1,200 British personnel, F-35Bs, Merlin helicopters, Wildcats and Malloy drones will operate aboard.
- The deployment aims to boost NATO readiness on its northern flank and will join Neptune Strike drills.
