Scene on the Sound

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

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle Many of you will have noticed the three masted schooner tied up alongside the pontoon in the middle of the Cattewater. This is the Malcolm Miller. She was ordered in 1968 from the Aberdeen yard of John Lewis and Sons to a Camper

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle As I have previously written, lots of foreign warships come to Plymouth for NATO’s Operational Sea Training (OST).  The Royal Norwegian Navy’s Frigate Otto Sverdrup has been here for the last fortnight and may have finished her training period (she is

By The Captain, maritime correspondent for The Beagle Users of the Torpoint Ferry this morning will have been aware that there was a ‘submarine movement’. These ‘movements’ are driven by the tide – which was high at 0753 this morning. Ideally, you plan to move a vessel with a deep draught

By The Captain I’m sure we all welcome cruise ships to our port – but why oh why couldn’t the Silver Spirit have been here yesterday, when the sun was shining? As those of you who ventured out this morning will have seen, many of Plymouth streets were awash

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle Another busy few days in the Sound for naval shipping.   This week, the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) Frigate Otto Sverdrup arrived, almost certainly for Operational Sea Training (OST) with Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST).  I assume she will be here for a week