OCEAN Goes Home – The Helicopter Carrier OCEAN visited Sunderland, the ship’s affiliated city and was open to visitors from the local community and had a full programme.   The OCEAN has recently completed a pre Olympics security exercise in London.   In Sunderland the OCEAN among other things:-

·         Hosted around 100 young people and the Royal Marines Commando Recruitment Team on board the ship.

·         All the crew take to the streets of Sunderland to exercise their Freedom of the City – a ceremonial spectacle with drums beating and bayonets fixed, led by The Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

·         The ship’s football team, known as ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ played the Nissan 2011 Interdepartmental team finalists at the Nissan Sport and Social Conference Centre.