She entered the Suez Canal again on 18 February 2012, after briefly docking at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[34] She was sent along with the corvette IRIS Naghdi of the 18th naval group on a combined mission involving anti-piracy, training and intelligence collecting activities, lasting for 64 days from 22 January to 26 March 2012.[2] During this mission, she sailed some 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) as far as the Mediterranean Sea and the personnel performed the Hajj.[28] The two ships were together as the 22nd naval group, deployed for anti-piracy measures in the Red Sea between 1 September and 14 November 2012.[28] They docked briefly at Port Sudan, which was described as an "unprecedented visit".[35] The two also engaged Somali pirates during the mission and released two hijacked merchant vessels in April, including the Bolivian-flagged bulk carrier Eglantine (whose deck was cleared by commandos), as well as the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Xiang Hua Men.[36] The mission was reportedly "closely monitored by Western and Israeli militaries".[37]