Crew from HMS Diamond will be deliver gifts from Aberdeen’s twin city today.
The Royal Navy warship is affiliated with the Granite City, and today members of the crew will deliver gifts from Stravanger to Lord Provost George Adam.
Lieutenant Amy Bolland, who hails from Arbroath, will present a wooden crest and Norwegian cook book at Telford jetty.
It comes after the Type 45 destroyer visited Norway earlier this week as part of the training for her next deployment later this year, and included working with the Royal Navy’s new Wildcat attack helicopter and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Ship captain Commander Marcus Hember said: “Our affiliation to Aberdeen is very important to HMS Diamond and her 190 crew.
“As a servant of Aberdeen, it was our honour to be able to play a small part in helping maintain this important economic and cultural connection between Scotland and Norway.”
Aberdeen has been twinned with Stavanger since 1990.
As well as their shared links to the oil and fishing industries, the Norwegian’s gift to Aberdeen is a Christmas tree each year which travels 312 miles from Rogaland region to be erected in the Castlegate.
HMS Diamond has been affiliated to Aberdeen since she became operational in 2011.
The ship last visited Aberdeen in November 2015 coinciding with Armistice Day and the ship’s commanding officer had the privilege of laying a wreath at the city’s war memorial.
During the visit some 3,000 local people took up the opportunity to visit the ship and find out more about what she does for the UK and her allies.