HMS Newcastle is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer that was originally launched in 1975. During it's career the destroyer has deployed to places such as Montserrat, the Adriatic (Kosova conflict) and Sierra Leone. HMS Triumph (S93), meanwhile, is a modern Trafalgar-class submarine commissioned in October 1991. It participated in a task force that supported the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and launched Tomahawk missiles against Taliban targets inside the country.