UK MoD, HMS Westminster, which has emerged from refit as the Royal Navy's most advanced frigate, formally re-joined the fleet in a ceremony in Portsmouth on Thursday 27 January 2005.
The ship underwent an extensive upgrade during 12 months in Rosyth and is the first warship to get the Sonar 2087 system which will help the Navy to better detect 'stealthy' seaborne threats, including submarines and mini-submarines.
She was also fitted with an advanced new torpedo defence system, a new computerised navigational system and equipment that allows her to operate the potent new Merlin helicopter.
HMS Westminster was rededicated in the Naval Base during a service conducted by The Reverend Monsignor Richard Madders, the Navy's Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain.
Principal guest Lady Sally Livesay, who launched the ship on the Tyne in 1992, arrived in style in a horse-drawn carriage provided by the Household Cavalry Regiment
