Scene on the Sound

A somewhat belated Happy New Year to all our readers! Apart from the UXB (see above) the Sound has been comparatively quiet since the tanker RFA Tideforce and Frigate HMS St Albans sailed on Friday 19th December. It is public knowledge now that Tideforce was in support of the US

By The Captain (RN retired), Beagle maritime correspondent Three foreign warships around this week: the most unusual, was the Algerian corvette ANS Adhafer, but we also had two NATO ships (well, being pedantic a ship and a boat!) – the Danish frigate/support ship HDMS Esburn Snare and the Portuguese submarine

The Captain has been heavily involved in a refit in the last few weeks, but is now back on task. There has been a lot going on in the Sound over the last few weeks. Two Federal German Navy ships – the missile corvette Erfurt was here for operational training with

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle Once upon a time (!) there were Navy Weeks. To paraphrase the Old Plymouth website (Thank you Brian Moseley): “Plymouth’s second Navy Week ran from Saturday August 17 th to 24th 1929. Amongst the attractions were a battleship, two battlecruisers, an aircraft carrier,

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle RNOV (Royal Navy of Oman) Shabab Oman II is a full-rigged ship, used by the RN Of Oman for training.  Designed in the Netherlands and built in Romania, she entered service in 2014.  Her complement is 58, with 34 trainees in addition.  She

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle As usual, Armed Forces Day was very popular and Plymouth is clearly well to the fore nationally in enthusiastic attendance: The Hoe was a hive of activity all day on Saturday and the crowds were estimated at 45000 strong. There were the usual