[12] Kent was in the Northern Persian Gulf working 22-day patrols safeguarding the oil platforms and checking shipping in the area as per United Nations Security Council Regulations.

This voyage included visits to countries such as Russia, China, Japan and Indonesia, as well as participation in various multi-national exercises.

[26][27] 27 July 2008, saw Kent hosting a solemn memorial service over the historic shipwreck of HMS Exeter in the Java Sea.

[28] Kent left the Indonesian port of Surabaya (just as Exeter had on the evening of 28 February 1942, on her last fateful voyage[29]), performed the ceremony and then continued on to Jakarta.

After a stop at Hanö island where tribute was paid to the fifteen British sailors who rest there, Kent then continued to Stockholm to join the celebrations for the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling.

[32] Cdr Ben Ripley assumed command following the 2012 refit and deployed to the Horn of Africa on anti-priracy and anti-drug missions in July 2013, .

[33] She worked with the Combined Maritime Forces and returned home in October 2013[34][35] In October 2014, Kent deployed to the Persian Gulf alongside USS Carl Vinson and other US Navy fleet units in the US Fifth Fleet's area of responsibility to help in efforts against smugglers, pirates, terrorists and also in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

[44] In September 2023, the frigate was again tasked to escort HMS Queen Elizabeth during her "Operation FIREDRAKE" deployment in northern European waters.

[47] Cdr Gavin Pritchard went on to become Chief of Staff of the UK Maritime Component Commander's HQ in Bahrain, earning an OBE in 2009.

[48] Cdr Nick Cooke-Priest would rise to Commodore and commander of HMS Queen Elizabeth, earning an OBE in 2016.

[51] Emily Hamilton's role of Lt Cdr Jenny Howard in the 2004 ITV series Making Waves was influenced by the real life Kent XO, Lt Cdr Vanessa Jane Spiller, then the first and only female XO serving aboard a warship in the Royal Navy.