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Stay up to date with Westward Shipping. With regular updates and articles including images of cargo, tankers, naval, and other maritime stories. 

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A SOVEREIGN LOGISTIC PLATFORM

Look back gallery pictures dated 8th March 2021 and the RFA Wave Knight inbound to Devonport. The fast fleet tanker was recently sold to a

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SEABED WAR VESSEL LEAVES PLYMOUTH

British surveillance ship RFA Proteus was spotted on our live webcam outbound in the Sound this morning. A multi-role vessel, tasked with helping to counter

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A BUMPER YEAR FOR CRUISE SHIP VISITORS

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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HMS TYNE MONITORS RUSSIAN SHIPS

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

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BRITAIN DEPLOYS THE DRAGON

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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VINTAGE STEAMER BACK IN THE SOUTH WEST

Budding shipping enthusiasts from around the South West’s coastal towns and Plymouth are getting excited that the last surviving ocean-going paddle steamer, the PS Waverley,

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ARGUS SHIP TO BE SCRAPPED

After 40 years of service, RFA Argus will be formally disposed of by the Labour government. The ship has been laid up in Portsmouth since

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PLYMOUTH’S ICE PATROL SHIP

Our live webcam spotted HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship, outbound in the Sound today.  The British Navy’s association with the Antarctic goes

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SECRETIVE SHIP ARRIVES IN THE SOUND

One of the Royal Navy’s most secretive ships RFA Proteus arrived in the mist and rain this afternoon inbound to HM Naval Base DevonportThe Proteus

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NAVY PATROL VESSELS SHADOW RUSSIAN SHIPS

Two Royal Navy River Class offshore patrol vessels, HMS Mersey and HMS Severn, were ordered this week to shadow a Russian corvette and oil tanker