East of Suez Routines – The Type 45 Destroyer DARING has made a first visit to Jubail, (Saudi Arabia), home of the Saudi’s Eastern Fleet, just 80 miles northwest from Bahrain, which is the hub of the RN’s operations in the Gulf region.   Meanwhile the Type 23 Frigate WESTMINSTER has been busy in recent weeks destroying three pirate groups in a fortnight – sending the boats to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.   The WESTMINSTER with the embarked MERLIN helicopter (from 829 Naval Air Squadron) and with its Royal Marines party is proving a very effective contribution to the operations of Combined Task Force 151, the international naval group working East of Suez.