The Black Duke

Friends and families welcome 'The Black Duke' home to Devonport

HMS Monmouth, known as 'The Black Duke', has returned home to HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth after seven months at sea.

The occasion was marked by a Royal Marines band who joined hundreds of friends and families on the jetty to welcome the sailors home for what Commander Gordon Ruddock called "some well-deserved leave".

Since October, HMS Monmouth has patrolled 53,000 miles...