[17] In May 2011, she made a port visit to Patras, Greece, following participation in military exercises off Crete,[18] after which she became involved in the operations off the Libyan coast.

[26] In April 2017, Sutherland was again tasked with escorting Russian warships in the English Channel, on this occasion, the Steregushchiy-class corvettes, Soobrazitelnyy and Boikiy.

[27] Sutherland was the first vessel assigned to escort the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth when she embarked on sea trials in June 2017.

Part of her mission was "to continue the pressure campaign on North Korea", and on her return traveled through the South China Sea to assert navigation rights against Chinese claims.

[29] Early in 2019 she served as a testbed for an integrated mount for the Martlet LMM and 30 mm cannon, successfully engaging in firing operations against a motorboat-sized target at the Aberporth range in Wales.