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2012/05/28 03:16
2012/05/28 03:16
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... sent 40 tobacco ships fleeing upriver, then tried to buy time by blocking the Dutch with two Royal Navy frigates and 11 armed merchantmen. The squadron had just nosed out of the James when an...
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2012/05/27 00:42
2012/05/27 00:42
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Ships". Teams of marine commandos will enforce a ring of steel around the Olympic park. The Royal Navy's HMS Ocean will be berthed by the Thames Barrier. And next weekend, in the wake of the...
2012/05/26 23:45
2012/05/26 23:45
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... the war. The ship's rudder was damaged in a torpedo attack which slowed the vessel, allowing Royal Navy warships to intercept and sink her. Another photograph shows a ship on the horizon with...
2012/05/26 21:09
2012/05/26 21:09
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... was used in ammunition. It was on its way to Antwerp for the Germans and was captured by the Royal Navy, taken up the river and sunk." Other dredging hazards have been less predictable. "We've...
2012/05/26 19:35
2012/05/26 19:35
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Coast Guard has increased port conditions throughout Northeast Florida to X-RAY, due to the expectation of gale force winds generated by Tropical Storm Beryl. Coast Guard...
2012/05/26 18:45
2012/05/26 18:45
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Three Royal Navy search and rescue team members have set off on a 650 mile charity cycle ride. The trio will pedal from HMS Gannet in Prestwick, Ayrshire, to Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose in...
2012/05/26 18:14
2012/05/26 18:14
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... sinking.” The red-faced government terminated airship production, which was described by one Royal Navy admiral as “the work of an idiot”. But the following year, the government had a change...
2012/05/26 16:51
2012/05/26 16:51
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Wales for its first few years and later underwent several notable transformations. Refit by the Royal Navy, the ship became a minesweeper during Word War II. After the war, it was renamed Dolmar...
2012/05/25 20:45
2012/05/25 20:45
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A huge section of the hull of the first of the next generation of Royal Navy aircraft carriers has arrived at a Fife shipyard after days at sea. The 6,000 tonne section of aircraft carrier HMS Queen...
2012/05/25 18:09
2012/05/25 18:09
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... BBC, when she took command of the HMS Portland, a Type 23 frigate. When Henry VIII created the Royal Navy, he could never have predicted this day. West will be leading a crew of 185 -- a crew of...
2012/05/25 17:17
2012/05/25 17:17
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... afternoon in Saltcoats, Ayrshire. A lifeboat from RNLI Troon was deployed, along with a Royal Navy helicopter from Prestwick and Ardrossan coastguard. Geronimo! Young lads hurl themselves...
2012/05/25 12:30
2012/05/25 12:30
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Farewell to Navy man George fond farewell: George McLeary leaves the Navy Buildings watched by well-wishers, and, below, the special guest at the event with wife Mary. GREENOCK man George McLeary...
2012/05/25 10:32
2012/05/25 10:32
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... road, with the county council having to spend £86,000 on repairs. A French minesweeper and a Royal Navy helicopter went to the aid of a 30ft yacht with four people aboard, which was in danger...
2012/05/25 08:27
2012/05/25 08:27
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Queen Elizabeth II watched as thousands of Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force troops paraded outside her Windsor Castle home Saturday to mark her Diamond Jubilee. The parade is part of a series of...
2012/05/24 14:52
2012/05/24 14:52
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... today. Seven Polish crew had to rescued when the vessel ran aground. Two lifeboats and Royal Navy and RAF helicopters were involved in the rescue during the night-time rescue in heavy...
2012/05/24 14:26
2012/05/24 14:26
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... being deployed to the frontline. The pair learnt about life in the Fleet Air Arm – the Royal Navy’s flying force – and found the challenges very tough and very wet. Alex and Sally...
2012/05/24 10:53
2012/05/24 10:53
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Iran’s nuclear energy program including “giving diplomatic support to Israel and/or using the Royal Navy to combat attempts by Tehran to close the vital Strait of Hormoz shipping...
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2012/05/24 06:42
2012/05/24 06:42
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... in particular with regard to food supplies. He again made no objection to the use of the Royal Navy to move foodstuffs and medical supplier. The use of the Navy to clear port congestion was...
2012/05/24 05:44
2012/05/24 05:44
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... the six decade since World War Two, even some political leaders have become exasperated. “A Royal Navy locked into a cycle of ever smaller numbers of ever more expensive ships,” British Prime...
2012/05/22 15:08
2012/05/22 15:08
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... workforce by a further 280 in 2012." First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, said: "The Royal Navy has been operating continuous at sea deterrent patrols for more than 40 years and the...