Red Rose On Duty – the departure of the Type 23 Frigate LANCASTER for the Caribbean and six months on Atlantic Patrol (North) duty has recently and previously been reported.  We omitted to mention that the six month deployment is the first time in several years that a Warship, rather than a Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has performed this duty although recently Royal Navy vessels have conducted operations in the region on the way back from the South Atlantic, notably the Type 45 Destroyer DAUNTLESS, the Type 42 Destroyer EDINBURGH and most recently the Ice Patrol Ship PROTECTOR.