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The Plymouth and South West cruise ship season with tall ship visitors starts in Plymouth from the 17th of March to the 21st of March.
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The Plymouth and South West cruise ship season with tall ship visitors starts in Plymouth from the 17th of March to the 21st of March.

The Royal Navy’s HMS Tyne was back in action monitoring Russian cargo vessels and warships in the Atlantic, English Channel, and North Sea recently. Portsmouth

The government is finally poised to send the world-class HMS Dragon to the Mediterranean to protect the sovereign British bases in Cyprus. One of six

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@HMSSomerset near the Plymouth breakwater this morning and in the distance Germany's most advanced warship FGS Baden-Württemberg. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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@HMSSomerset near the Plymouth breakwater this morning and in the distance Germany's most advanced warship FGS Baden-Württemberg. http://westwardshippingnews.com
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Germany’s most advanced warship the FGS Baden-Württemberg at anchor in the Sound near Cawsand, Cornwall, early this morning.
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THE HAMBURG ON FOST TRAINING IN PLYMOUTH
Look back gallery dated 6th March 2026 and the German warship FGS Hamburg in Plymouth conducting a series of @FOST training activities @HMNBDevonport
From the Naval Bases in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Clyde in Scotland, and a small team at
I am deeply alarmed that the United Kingdom is prepared to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius.
This deal is dangerous to U.S. interests, and President Trump is right to be furious at the U.K.’s decision.
My full questioning at today's SFRC hearing:
The Royal Navy’s HMS Tyne was back in action monitoring Russian cargo vessels and warships in the Atlantic, English Channel, and North Sea recently.
Portsmouth based HMS Tyne and Aviators from 815 Air Squadron simultaneously flew a sortie over the Channel to provide additional
Look back gallery dated 5th March 2025 and the Royal Norwegian frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl at anchor early morning in the mist. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look back gallery dated the 5th March 2024 and @HMSStAlbans near the Plymouth breakwater. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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@HMSSomerset at the Plymouth breakwater this morning. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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IMAGINE THIS SPECTACLE IN 1940
Great editorial by the Daily Telegraph.
The PM must publish the Iran legal advice
How can it be unlawful to stop a country developing a nuclear missile that it has threatened to use? Sir Keir needs to tell the country
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