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Devonport Task Group reconvenes to fight threat to Devonport-based assault ships

A high level Plymouth task group has met to spearhead a campaign to stop threatened cuts to two Devonport-based amphibious assault ships.

The Devonport Task Group has reconvened to protect HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark from threat of being decommissioned by the Government.

There are rumours that the ships could go under a Government review of national security capabilities as part...

Plymouth sailors complete Round the Island Race

An experienced skipper successfully completed one of Britain's largest participation sporting events of 2015, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race on Saturday 27 June.

Plymouth skipper Eric Bates and his 4-man strong crew, were among some 16,000 sailors to take on one of the world's largest yacht races 'Britain's favourite yacht Race'.

The team who raced one...

Sailors set course for top spot

Plymouth University Sporting Scholar Lorenzo Chiavarini will be hoping to retain his national title in November when the annual BUCS Fleet Sailing Championship returns to the city’s shores.

Lorenzo is one of over 100 entrants set to compete in one of sailing most hotly-contested competitions, all of whom are aspiring to be crowned the best sailor in the city of Sir Francis Drake, Sir...