Ben Key
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Admiral Sir Benjamin John Key, is a senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as First Sea Lord since November 2021. He has commanded HM Ships Sandown, Iron Duke and Lancaster, and deployed on operations to Kosovo and Iraq. He was appointed Fleet Commander in 2016, and the Chief of Joint Operations in 2019.
Key in 2022
Key (centre) with other defence chiefs during the Coronation Procession of Charles III, May 2023
HMS Iron Duke (F234)
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HMS Iron Duke is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy, and the third ship to bear the name.
HMS Iron Duke, 2013
Iron Duke intercepting a suspected smuggling vessel in the Caribbean.
Leaving Portsmouth post refit, July 2014. The new radar is very obvious.
Iron Duke in Cape Town, August 2014.