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==Decommissioning and disposal== [[File:Ships in Portsmouth 12.jpg|thumb|right|''Cumberland'' being decommissioned at Portsmouth in 2013]] On 18 April 2011 ''Cumberland'' made her final entry into her base-port of Devonport from an intense and successful patrol involving oil production protection in the Gulf, counter-piracy operations, evacuating refugees from Libya and enforcing an arms embargo against the country's ruler. The ship was decommissioned under the Strategic Defence and Security Review, with a decommissioning ceremony taking place on 23 June.<ref name="NN" /> She was laid up at Portsmouth and in July 2013 sold to Turkish company Leyal for demolition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23452223|title=Royal Navy frigates sold off for scrap for Β£3m|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=26 July 2013|access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Breaking News ''[[Ships Monthly]]'' January 2014 page 15</ref>
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