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An HM Coastguard helicopter was spotted on our live webcams this afternoon above HMS Sutherland winching a sailor from the Type-23 warship and taken to
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An HM Coastguard helicopter was spotted on our live webcams this afternoon above HMS Sutherland winching a sailor from the Type-23 warship and taken to

The first shipping movements from @HMNBDevonport of the New Year 2026 with @HMSPortland spotted on our live webcams outbound in the Sound. HMS Portland is

Look Back Gallery dated 2nd January 2023 and the flagship of Brittany Ferries the MV Pont Aven, being escorted by Serco-Group tugs with water cannons

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@Briggsmarine offshore tug the Kingdom of Fife working on lateral warning buoys near the Hoe foreshore this morning. The warning buoys help ensure safe passage for Royal Navy and other vessels in the channels of the Sound with safe navigation.
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The combat support ship of the German Navy FGS Bonn and @SercoGroup vessel at the Plymouth Breakwater earlier this morning with @HMSLedbury
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🚨 The Chagos Bill returns to the Commons on Tuesday.
Every MP must vote to keep the Lords’ amendments. This deal is bad for the environment, bad for the Chagossians, and bad for Britain.
Tag your MP — we will be watching. #SaveChagos
@HMSPortland inbound to @HMNBDevonport this afternoon with @HMSLedbury in the far distance near the Plymouth Breakwater. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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@HMSPortland inbound to @HMNBDevonport this afternoon: http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
Sunday morning workout captured on our live webcam near West Hoe in Plymouth.
The Dutch registered oil tanker THUN GRANITE making its way into the Plymouth Cattewater yesterday afternoon. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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@HMSLedbury is the first of the Hunt Class Mine Counter Measures Vessels and its high definition sonar, searches the world‘s seabeds for mines and lost explosives. The vessel was spotted on our live webcams at the Plymouth Breakwater this afternoon.
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@HMSLedbury near the Plymouth Breakwater today.
Look Back Gallery dated (17th January 2023) and @HMSDuncan at the Plymouth Breakwater.
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Look Back Gallery dated (17th January 2024) and the Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Otto Sverdrup gets photo bombed by a Plymouth seagull on its way into @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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