Minesweeper HNLMS Hellevoetsluis (M859)of the Dutch Navy leaves North Shields, UK on 25th October 2010 after a 4 day visit.

This was one of 5 Dutch and Belgian Naval vessels to visit the River Tyne this weekend. The ships are on a three-week training exercise, codenamed 'Beneficial Archer', to improvement mine-hunting skills in different depths of water and over various seabed types.

Photographed from South Shields.