Hms Edinburgh returned to her namesake for the final time on Wednesday 15th May 2013, The 30 year old destroyer arrived at Leith docks at around 05:00 and subsequently berthing around 07:00.
HMS Edinburgh is the Navy’s largest and only type-42
warship and is sailing around the UK
in a farewell tour which will end in Portsmouth
next month.
Commander Nick Borbone has been in charge of HMS
Edinburgh for 18 months. Despite the warship being based in the south of England, the commander called Edinburgh her “spiritual home”. Some of the crew are from the Scottish capital
and are delighted to be home. Around 250 crew are on the ship who will be
redeployed in the Navy at the end of the tour.
She is seen arriving in the early hours below
