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AUCTION BID FOR USS YORKTOWN MODEL
Prize-winning warship model maker David Brown, based in Liskeard, Cornwall, has donated a model of the USS Yorktown for auction to the highest bidder to raise
July 9, 2026
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Prize-winning warship model maker David Brown, based in Liskeard, Cornwall, has donated a model of the USS Yorktown for auction to the highest bidder to raise
The Hoe foreshore was a spectacle of gig power early this evening, with rowers taking part in the GigRower European Championships, which officially start tomorrow,
The new oil tanker THUN RESOLVE, launched earlier this year, made a dramatic entrance into the Cattewater earlier this evening – and was water-sprayed by
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The Norwegian Navy’s Skjold Class missile fast patrol boat Storm was spotted outbound in the Sound this morning. Launched in November 2006 and started sea