 By late June the vessels were back on the RFTG tasking, and after passing through the Suez Canal began Operation Red Alligator, a major exercise in the Red Sea with the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia.February 2012 saw "Wave Knight" operating in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden as part of Operation Scimitar Anzac, an anti-piracy operation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.This international operation included the Royal Navy destroyer , the Royal Australian Navy frigate "Parramatta", and the Pakinstan Navy's "Babur".