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A PRESTIGE WIN FOR WESTWARD SHIPPING

Westward Shipping News attended a photo opportunity at Ashton Gate Football Stadium in Bristol this week to collect our glass award for securing MARITIME MEDIA COMPANY

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ASTUTE READY FOR HER MID-LIFE REFIT

The Royal Navy’s hunter killer submarine HMS Astute was recently photographed and spotted inbound to HMNB Devonport on the 30th June, and getting ready for

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THE SHABAB OMAN 2 – LEAVING THE SOUND TODAY

Plymouth Sound is the amphitheatre to the world, and with a new era of clean shipping and technologically advanced new vessels, the RNOV Shabab Oman

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12h 1945973814422098366

Look Back Gallery dated 17th July 2023 and a rainbow starting at the heart of Drake's Island.

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12h 1945973189479174187

Look Back Gallery dated 17th July 2020 and the SHERPA super-yacht inbound towards Millbay Docks.
The vessel was custom-built by Feadship in 2018 and was refitted again in2022. She weighs 1802 tons and can cruise at speeds of 13 knots and go to a top speed of 16 knots.…

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16h 1945911635752693856

THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS TO VOTE YES, FOR AN ELECTED MAYOR

Today’s vote is not about a millionaire or about real estate, or whether someone comes from outside of the city. In fact many of our local ward councillors are not born and bred in Plymouth either.

Some of us have long…

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16 Jul 1945419569750839736

Look Back Gallery dated 16th July 2021 and SailGP & some of the world's most cutting-edge catamarans making their Plymouth debuts. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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16 Jul 1945418663361675580

Look Back Gallery dated 16th July 2020 and @HMSSutherland inbound to @HMNBDevonport
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16 Jul 1945418090944061652

Look Back Gallery dated 16th July 2018 and the rebranded HMS Ocean sold off to a South American country - leaving Plymouth Sound for the last time.
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16 Jul 1945411187648119209

The new combat and replenishment support ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS Den Helder arriving in the mist near the Plymouth breakwater early this morning. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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15 Jul 1945206124946276677

The Panama registered cargo vessel C.ENDEAVOUR leaving the Plymouth Cattewater this evening in the mist. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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15 Jul 1945174074675613978

German frigate FGS Sachsen and @HMSPortland at the Plymouth breakwater earlier today. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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15 Jul 1945206415548715395

German frigate FGS Sachsen and @HMSPortland at the Plymouth breakwater earlier today. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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15 Jul 1945024893973651824

Look Back Gallery dated the 15th July 2014 and MTV comes to town on the Hoe Promenade. From the window thousands of musical visitors.

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15 Jul 1945023726128423302

Look Back Gallery dated 15th July 2023 and the Algerian Training Ship the ANS Soummam was on a port visit to Plymouth. Our webcam captured the vessel leaving the Sound. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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14 Jul 1944813108968485368

@HMSDuncan at the Plymouth breakwater this evening.
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14 Jul 1944813734112678303

@HMSDuncan at the Plymouth breakwater this evening.
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14 Jul 1944735562356650100

Look Back Gallery dated 14th July 2024 and @SercoGroup vessels waiting for @HMSScottRN inside the breakwater. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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14 Jul 1944728864304882050

Look Back Gallery dated 14th July 2023 and a brief stop by the sailing ship the Avontuur to unload its cargo of coffee beans from South America - and then off again in the choppy waters of the Sound.
The sailing ship delivers cargo the traditional way.
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14 Jul 1944727354506350846

Look Back Gallery dated 14th July 2017 and HMS Ocean inbound in the Sound. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com contact@westwardshippingnews.com

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14 Jul 1944711183543513395

@HMSPortland spotted leaving the Sound on our webcam this morning with @HMSSomerset at the Breakwater. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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14 Jul 1944711840639885717

@HMSPortland spotted leaving the Sound on our webcam this morning with @HMSSomerset at the Breakwater. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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14 Jul 1944710175702565077

@HMSSomerset at buoy inside the Breakwater and in the distance @HMSDuncan http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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14 Jul 1944712645925322820

@HMSSomerset at buoy inside the Breakwater and in the distance @HMSDuncan http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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14 Jul 1944709755055858013

German frigate FGS Sachsen outbound in the Sound this morning with @HMSSomerset and @HMSDuncan in the distance. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com contact@westwardshippingnews.com

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13 Jul 1944478793789317382

Back at sea and many of the crew of @HMSSomerset having a meeting on the stern and visible on our webcam. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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12 Jul 1944016629458686230

The Dutch multi-purpose frigate HNLMS Van Amstel spotted on our webcam outbound this afternoon.
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12 Jul 1943980521853243613

Look Back Gallery dated 12 July 2020 and @HMSDefender outbound in the Sound. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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11 Jul 1943694859975434311

UK Border Force patrol vessel HMC Vigilant outbound in the Sound this afternoon. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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11 Jul 1943693358494261306

@HMSDuncan spotted on our live streaming webcam earlier today inbound to @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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11 Jul 1943693659645329751

@HMSDuncan spotted on our live streaming webcam earlier today inbound to @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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11 Jul 1943573980071309634

@HMSSomerset and @HMSDuncan at the Plymouth breakwater this morning. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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11 Jul 1943573980071309634

@HMSSomerset and @HMSDuncan at the Plymouth breakwater this morning. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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During the first UK Covid-19 lockdown of 2020, we first noticed the deep fascination for images and news about Plymouth and the South West of England’s maritime shipping movements and sectors.

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