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The beautifully designed superyacht, the 55-metre Feadship explorer the Shinkai, was spotted at the Barbican Landing Stage this evening. The luxury vessel last visited the
Fresh from monitoring a Russian warship and two shadow fleet tankers in the English Channel, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Tideforce arrived in the Sound
The Barbican Landing Stage is the host for a 35-metre ‘Jangada’ luxury yacht that is visiting the city at the invitation of the Cattewater Harbour
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Look Back Gallery dated 15th April 2025 and @RFAProteus spotted inbound to @HMNBDevonport
The Proteus is used for protecting undersea cables and other infrastructure and as a mothership for drones and other systems with crews from the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Look Back Gallery dated the 15th April 2022 and the @RFAFortVictoria was last seen at the Plymouth breakwater - before going to Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look Back Gallery dated 14th April 2022 and the Dutch warship HNLMS Tromp inbound to @HMNBDevonport and in the background the UK Border Force vessel HMC Vigilant. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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PLYMOUTH'S SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH POLAND
Look back gallery dated the 12th April 2022 and the visit of the Polish tall ship the STS Pogoria on a visit to the city.
The beautiful tall ship arrived to celebrate our twinning links with Gdynia that was founded in 1976.
The STS
Today is #NationalSubmarineDay and the crew at Westward Shipping News would like to pay our respect to the Royal Navy's incredible submariners.
(Library gallery images from the Sound).
1. HMS Triumph returning from deployment for the last time.
2. HMS Audacious first visit to
This is appalling @Keir_Starmer
This is just outrageous. Why is @Keir_Starmer ordering this. So much for his supposed concern for human rights. That seems to be only for international bodies with highly paid Lawyers. Where are all the Labour MPs speaking up against this cruel behaviour!
NO POSTERS- BY LABOUR ORDERS
My dear Mammy made the front page of the Herald dated 11th April 1997 when I stood for the first time as an independent candidate - before I joined the Plymouth Conservatives in 1999.
The Labour Council's shocked edict to remove my election banners
The next Conservative government will bring back the two-child benefit cap, and use that money to fund our Armed Forces.
