Operation Atlanta involved the Spanish frigate Victoria and an anti-piracy operation at sea.
The ship was welcomed home by a lot of top brass such as Chief of Staff Jose Rodriguez,Chief of Navy Staff Manuel rebollo and Fleet Admiral Juan Carlos Muñoz-Delgado plus the Minister for defence Carme Chacon.
The Victoria took part in a liberation of two merchant ships and escorted 10 other vessels from the World Food programme.
This is the Spanish contribution to the EU operation to tackle piracy and it includes the patrol boat Infanta Cristina,a maritime patrol aeroplane and the amphibious assault ship Galicia,currently sailing towards the Indian Ocean.
There were over 200 personnel on board the Victoria and their work together with the work of other allied countries has permitted 85 criminal gangs to be broken up,this involved more than 1000 pirates.This is five times the number of pirates arrested in 2009.
