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VALIANT ON EXERCISE

UK Border Force vessel HMC Valiant on exercise in the Sound with small boat craft. For all the latest LIVE webcam traffic can be seen

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THE DEVON SAMSON ON THE MOVE

The large crane the Devon Samson has been moored up and disused for sometime in 4 Basin of the Dockyard, and been finally sold says

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THE MOTHER SHIP OF LANDING CRAFTS

Shadowing amongst Plymouth’s shipping movements of commercial cargo, warships, leisure cruise liners, and luxury boats, are the versatile and agile landing craft of the Royal

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DUKEDOM WESTMINSTER IN THE SOUND

HMS Westminster is a Type 23 Duke-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and the second ship to bear the name, and was launched on 4

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HMS MONTROSE RETURNS TO SEA

30-year-old HMS Montrose has returned to sea after a short period of maintenance, and resumes operations duties until her formal decommissioning in the Spring. Her

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THE BIG & THE MAJESTIC IN THE SOUND

A busy naval scene at the Plymouth Breakwater earlier this morning in the mist and rain with RFA Tidespring, HMS Duncan, HMS Brocklesby, and Dutch