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DAUNTLESS ON THE ROAD TO FOST

HMS Dauntless the powerful Type 45 Destroyer was spotted in Plymouth Sound this morning. The ship was the first to have completed her Power Improvement

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HMS TRIUMPH SAILS OUT TO SEA

HMS Triumph the last Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine in the Royal Navy was escorted out of the Sound yesterday evening by Plymouth’s tugboats. The beehive of activity at

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THAT FRIDAY FEELING WITH THE DUNCAN

HMS Duncan at buoy with aesthetic soft pink skies in the background earlier. The warship is now inbound and could be seen on her way

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HMS RICHMOND – RECHARGED & READY

Devonport based submarine hunter HMS Richmond inbound today in the Sound, and ‘recharged and ready,’ her Twitter feed says proudly. The Type 23 frigate in

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BUSY CARGO SCENE

Plymouth’s strategic maritime role on display this morning with cargo vessels in the Sound waiting to enter the Cattewater. For all the latest live images

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THE DARING-CLASS HMS DUNCAN

HMS Duncan outbound in Plymouth Sound this evening. She is the is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built