 On 25 April 2011, "Wave Knight" left Portland and joined the COUGAR 11 deployment, the first of the Response Force Task Group deployments, where she is acting as a supply/support ship.The deployment also saw her take part in Exercise Cypriot Lion, off the coast of Cyprus.3 June 2011 saw "Wave Knight" and the vessels HMS "Albion", HMS "Sutherland" and RFA "Fort Rosalie", ordered to break away from the COUGAR 11 deployment and head to the coast of Libya to take part in Operation Unified Protector, the ongoing NATO operation there.