Written question asked by Lord Moonie (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative) on Monday, 28 June 2010.

HMS "Atherstone"

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what operational lessons have been learned from the two-year deployment away from United Kingdom waters of HMS "Atherstone".

Answer: The key lessons learned from HMS "Atherstone’s" deployment (and from other deployments of the same type) focus primarily on methods to improve the Royal Navy’s capability to conduct operations in challenging climates and on ways to most effectively maintain naval deployments around the world. I am withholding the detail of the lessons learned as this would, or would be likely to, compromise the efficiency, security and capability of the Armed Forces.

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