Harbour tugs assisted RFA Argus as she sailed from the docks last Friday.
The Argus is being deployed to Sierra Leone as part of Operation Gridlock to help combat the spread of Ebola.
Personnel lined the decks as she departed, while Merlin and Sea King helicopters provided a fly past.
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