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A BUSY WEEKEND FOR CARGO VESSELS

A busy weekend for cargo ships with outbound ships the Thun Liverpool (yesterday) and Arklow Forest off to France earlier, and regular visitor to the

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CUTTING-EDGE WARSHIP DUNCAN IN THE SOUND

ONE of the Royal Navy’s cutting edge warships HMS Duncan is at the Plymouth breakwater this afternoon. The powerful Type 45 destroyer can detect and

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HMS PORTLAND AT THE BREAKWATER

HMS Portland is type 23 frigate, and was accepted into service by the Royal Navy on the 15 December 2020, and was commissioned on the

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BORDER FORCE VESSEL HMC SEARCHER

The UK Border Force vessel HMC Searcher heading into Plymouth’s Cattewater on Friday and one of five cutter ships patrolling the waters around the South

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THE ADVENTURES OF LARRY THE PIRATE

The original book ‘The Adventures of Larry the Pirate’ is back on sale at the Drakes Island online gift shop for a limited time only. 

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A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH BRITTANY CELEBRATED

Plymouth’s 50 year relationship with Brittany Ferries and France was celebrated recently by local civic leaders, South West and Wales Twinning Committees, business chiefs and

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IN A TIDE CLASS OF THEIR OWN

The RFA Tidesurge outbound in the Sound this evening, and a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine

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HMS ENTERPRISE OUTBOUND

Devon built ship HMS Enterprise was outbound in the Sound this afternoon. HMS Enterprise, is the tenth ship to bear the name and is a

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HMS PORTLAND OUTBOUND

The first Royal Navy ship image of 2023 by Westward Shipping News of HMS Portland outbound in the Sound this evening.

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CITY WELCOMES THE PONT-AVEN

TODAY, is the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Brittany Ferries voyage into Plymouth that was carrying a cargo of cauliflowers and cognac from Roscoff, on