Yesterday five Sea King MK4 helicopters performed a final flypast over Portland Bill and Portland Harbour, before moving off down the coast.

It was a final salute before the aircraft is taken out of service.

The aircraft took off from their base of 37 years at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, to fly a 475-mile route that took them over Salisbury, Andover, Portsmouth, the Jurassic Coast of Dorset and on to Dartmouth and Plymouth before heading north to fly along the north Devon and north Somerset coastline to Bristol.