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GALATEA COLLECTING DATA IN LOCAL WATERS

THV Galatea is working in local waters conducting important scientific data and buoy deployments- with the ship taking onboard an E1 ODAS buoy by local

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HMS PORTLAND BACK IN HOME WATERS

HMS Portland was spotted on our Live Webcam this morning at the Plymouth Breakwater. The Type 23 ‘Duke’ class-frigate is back from her weekend in

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PLYM FERRY BACK FROM REFIT

The PLYM Ferry was spotted in the Sound today returning home from its refit at Falmouth’s A&P dry facilities. She left Plymouth over six weeks

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TRADITIONAL MAJESTY ON THE WATER

The Island Trust traditional sailing boats captured on our Live Webcam this morning in the Sound – adding beautiful imagery and majesty to the waterside.

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FALKLANDS LIBERATION DAY REMEMBERED

Plymouth’s armed forces veterans raised the flag on the city’s Belvedere today to mark the 41st anniversary of ‘Liberation Day’ in the Falkland Islands. A

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BRITISH SHIPS GONE?

South West shipping expert, environmentalist, business leader, and novelist Sir Chris Marrow has written an exclusive feature for Westward Shipping News. Sir Chris was awarded

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A BUSY TYNE IN PLYMOUTH WATERS

HMS Tyne left Portsmouth 18 hours ago and in Plymouth today carrying on with the ship’s ‘regeneration’ after a successful (BOST) Basic Offshore Safety Training

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CELEBRATING TINSIDE LIDO CAMPAIGN

Today, marks the 25th anniversary of the campaign that saved Tinside Lido from demolition in the 1990s. On the (9th June, 1998) award-winning and community