The German submarine U16 is making a call next week when she arrives for a weekend visit to allow her crew some time to rest after a hectic training schedule in the Channel.
She is expected on November 14 for a three-day period alongside at the docks. Built of high tensile non-magnetic steel the 48 metre long craft is now entering its 36th year in service with the Deutsche Marine.
In December the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Manchester is expected to call. She is one of four of the third batch of Type 42 destroyers built on the back of lessons learned from the Falklands, herself a svelte and extremely capable warship which still provides the backbone of the navy's current fleet air defence.
HMS Manchester recently joined 28 other warships for the biggest military exercise to take place in Europe this year. The UK and eight NATO and allied countries took part in Exercise Joint Warrior - 29 ships, four submarines – and one hundred fast jet sorties a day during the two week exercise.
As for HMS Manchester, the circle is completed in January when she heads for the South Atlantic to carry out maritime patrols around the Falklands.
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