Touching moment five-year-old girl is reuinted with her sailor father after six months
This is the touching moment a five-year-old girl was reunited with her sailor father after his six month deployment in the Middle East.
Little Isabelle Jeffrey was overcome with emotion as she waved to her dad, Petty Officer Adam Jeffrey, 35, with her mother Luisa and four-year-old brother, Dominic.
Mrs Jeffrey, 34, of Worthing, Sussex, said: "I'm very proud because it's his first deployment as a petty officer.
"I'm relieved for my children that their dad is home. Now he can watch them grow up."
Thousands of tearful mothers, wives and children flocked to the dock to see their loved ones after a six month deployment.
The Royal Navy's largest operational ship, HMS Ocean, arrived in Plymouth, Devon, at around 9.30am today.
The helicopter carrier and amphibious assault ship had been deployed as part of the joint expeditionary force 16 and for three months was the command ship in the Gulf - the first navy warship to take this role.