23rd March 2020
RFA Wave Knight A389, one of two 31,500 ton 'Wave' class Fast Fleet Tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary leaves Devonport Naval Base at Devil's Point as she heads from Base (6/7W) to Sea on 23rd March 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ri2rkUfusI
17th January 2020
FS Chacal A753, a Leopard Class Training Vessel of the French Navy, is seen in Plymouth Sound preparing to enter Devonport Naval Base as she heads from sea to base at 1015 on 17th January 2020..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27bAfGhGh7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27bAfGhGh7I
FS Tigre A754, a Leopard Class Training Vessel of the French Navy, enters Devonport Naval Base as she heads from sea to base at 1030 on 17th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdpTRIyBSXQ
18th January 2020
HMS Protector A173, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship which is normally based in the South Atlantic surveying areas like the Antarctic, makes a rare visit to Plymouth (UK) at Devonport Naval Base on 18th January 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG6KPD6jsHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG6KPD6jsHA
24th January 2020
French Navy Tripartite class Minehunter FS Cephee M652 is seen entering Portsmouth Naval Base from Spice Island (Portsmouth) as she heads 0800 OSB to Southern Railway Jetty (SRJ) bow south on 24th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCH6lGY3h00
MV Baie de Seine, a Brittany Ferries RoPax Ferry is seen leaving Portsmouth Harbour for Le Harve on 24th January 2020. Some superb footage as we follow the ferry up river and into the Solent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUSOqxoAcDA
27th January 2020
HMS Albion L14, one of the Royal Navy's two 'Albion' Class Landing Platform Dock Assault Warships, leaves Devonport Naval Base viewed from Plymouth Hoe as she heads from Base (15W) to Sea on 27th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hriFX_uLIXc
28th January 2020
HMS Tyne P281, a batch 1 'River' class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy, is seen making a navigation run along the River Tamar from the Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound on 28th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc4TM2ePqXQ
HMS Tyne P281, one of the Royal Navy's Batch 1 'River' Class Patrol Vessels, is seen undertaking a navigation run on the River Tamar from Plymouth Sound to the Hamoaze at Artillery Tower, Devil's Point on 28th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7m2rBudlyk
14th May 2020
Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Kent F78 leaves Devonport Naval Base at Rusty Anchor, Plymouth Hoe on 14th May 2020 as she heads from Base (No. 1 Jetty) to Sea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zddd1mO7jbk
11th December 2020
RFA Mounts Bay L3008, a 'Bay' class Landing Ship Dock ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, leaves Devonport Naval Base as she heads from Base (No. 11 wharf) to Sea on 11th December 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB5xJfSwmH0
A schooner that was once commanded by the fictious Lt Horatio Hornblower RN in 'Hornblower' (series III) as HMS Retribution, as well as in the 'Moby Dick' inspired epic 'Heart of the Sea' was this sailing brig 'Phoenix.' Possibly returning to her home at Charlestown in Cornwall, she was formerly a Danish Evangelical Missionary Schooner that was built in 1929 and was later converted as a two masted Brig and is seen heads out to sea at Devils Point. This ship has been used in such period films as 'Hornblower' and 'In the Heart of the Sea' and 'Voyage of the Dawn Treader.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeiAEgCYE98