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It’s going to be a busy time for RFA Proteus following reports that underwater sensors…
Plymouth’s waterfront echoed to the sound of gunfire this morning as HMS Somerset returned home…
The iconic PS Waverley, the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, will soon be coming out…
The new season for Brittany Ferries begins in Plymouth with the first Channel sailing of…
The weather has improved over the last few days, and the Lynher Ferry left from…
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Look Back Gallery dated 15 April 2022 and @RFAFortVictoria at anchor near the Plymouth Breakwater. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look Back Gallery dated 15 April 2022 and @SercoGroup vessels making their way into @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look Back Gallery dated 14th April 2022, and Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp on a port visit to @HMNBDevonport and in the distance UK Border Force patrol vessel HMC Vigilant. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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The air defence frigate FGS Hamburg leaving Plymouth this morning and spotted on our live webcam.
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Look Back Gallery dated 13th April 2023, and @HMSDauntless inbound to @HMNBDevonport
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Look Back Gallery dated 13th April 2023, and the Belgium frigate the Louise-Marie frigate on a port visit to @HMNBDevonport in the distance @HMSDauntless also inbound. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look Back Gallery dated 13th April 2023 and @HMSPortland inbound to @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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PLYMOUTH'S PROUD HISTORY IN ARCHITECTURE
Look Back this day, on the 12th of April 2020, we were in the middle of a Covid lockdown and only allowed out for exercise. I took this picture on my early walk on an empty promenade, unlike today.
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WELCOME HOME TO HMS SOMERSET
Plymouth’s waterfront echoed to the sound of gunfire this morning as HMS Somerset returned home after three months at sea.
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The German Navy's Hamburg Sachsen-class frigate FGS Hamburg spotted in the Sound on our live webcam inbound to @HMNBDevonport on a port visit.
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Family day on @HMSSutherland passing Plymouth Hoe foreshore this morning with @HMSSomerset and German warship FGS Hamburg on a port visit to @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look Back Gallery dated 11 April 2024, and the weather just the same of mist and fog to greet the cruise ship Ambition, at anchor inside the Plymouth Breakwater on its first ever visit to the city.
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Look Back Gallery dated 11 April 2022 with the Dutch guided missile Frigate HNLMS Tromp leaving the Breakwater with @RFAArgus at the Breakwater.
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Look Back Gallery dated 10 April 2022 @SercoGroup SD Northern River outbound with @RFACardiganBay at anchor near the Breakwater & in the distance @BrittanyFerries Pont-Aven on its way into Millbay Docks Ferry Terminal. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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The iconic PS Waverley the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer will soon be out of dry dock following its annual survey, repair works and full repaint, and setting sail for a huge summer season of visits to 70 piers and ports across the UK next month.
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Look Back Gallery dated 2 April 2021 and HMS Pembroke a Sandown-class mine hunter inbound to HM Naval Base Devonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Future generations will say that we let them down. Not just on defence or security, but on the fundamental right to self-determination for the Chagossian people.
The UK has failed to right this historic wrong when they had the chance.
The Fighting Clan @HMSSutherland braving some strong winds inside the Plymouth Breakwater this afternoon at anchor. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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UK Border Force vessel this morning.
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Look Back to the 1st April, 1996+ and invited by Robert Lenkiewicz to pose for his showcase of Plymouth characters with Addictive Behaviours'. He said I was addictive to community campaigning - especially running the local Barbican residents' group at the time.
Look Back Gallery dated 1st April 2021, and the Dutch warship HNLMS Van Amstel at anchor in the Sound with crew members having a meeting at the stern. http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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Look Back Gallery dated 1st April 2023 and the first sailing of 2023 of the flagship of @BrittanyFerries MV Pont-Aven into Plymouth - and in the distance activity around the arrival of the Royal Navy's HMS Audacious into @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
Look Back Gallery dated 1st April, 2023 and HMS Audacious the fourth Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy on its way into @HMNBDevonport http://www.westwardshippingnews.com
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THE RETURN OF THE PONT-AVEN
The new season for Brittany Ferries begins in Plymouth with the first Channel sailing of its flagship, the PONT-AVEN, into Millbay Docks this evening.
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THE RETURN OF THE PONT-AVEN
The new season for Brittany Ferries begins in Plymouth with the first Channel sailing of its flagship, the PONT-AVEN, into Millbay Docks this evening.
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