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TIDEFORCE ARRIVES IN THE SOUND

Fresh from monitoring a Russian warship and two shadow fleet tankers in the English Channel, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Tideforce arrived in the Sound

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A TOUCH OF THE JANGADA ON THE BARBICAN

The Barbican Landing Stage is the host for a 35-metre ‘Jangada’ luxury yacht that is visiting the city at the invitation of the Cattewater Harbour

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WELCOME HOME ST ALBANS

A Plymouth welcome home to HMS StAlbans arriving in the Sun and spotted on our live webcams this morning inbound to Devonport. The city based

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TALL SHIPS ARRIVE IN PLYMOUTH

Two traditionally rigged tall ships have arrived at the Barbican Landing Stage as part of a 12-week, 2,000- nautical-mile, ‘Full Circle Expedition’ around the UK.

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ICONIC ARGUS ARRIVES IN FALMOUTH

The iconic RFA Argus arrived in Falmouth from Portsmouth recently and was towed by two Dutch tugs and aided by local master tugs into the

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LYME BAY BEING READIED FOR CYPRUS DEPLOYMENT

@RFALymeBay is being readied for deployment to Cyprus with @HMSDragon reports @NavyLookout The 16,000-tonne Lyme Bay could be used to evacuate civilians, with medical personnel

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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