South Atlantic patrol HMS Richmond calls at Tristan da Cunha doubling the local population

Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 01:53 UTC

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The beauty and ruggedness of the world’s most remote inhabited island has been captured in a series of photos during a recent visit from a Royal Navy warship. Read full article

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whatsup
how do one get to this place
Nov 06th, 2013 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
It is situated 1500 miles from the nearest landmass, I would suggest a boat.
Nov 06th, 2013 - 12:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
There are ships that go to TdC from Capetown (the nearest city on the mainland, a mere 2805km away).
The thing is that they tend to be fishing ships with some additional cabin space rather than anything designed to be comfortable.

The pattern tends to be to load up with cargo, spend a week sailing to TdC, unload the passengers and cargo, fish until the cargo space is full, pick up any passengers and then spend a week sailing back. It takes them about a month to fish to capacity and start thinking about heading back.
And given the potentially stormy weather around that way, the schedule tends to be a little vague.
Nov 06th, 2013 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Condorito
I would say that Easter Island 3,600km from the coast of Chile and 4,200 from French Polynesia is more remote than TdC.
Nov 06th, 2013 - 12:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Benson
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Easter Island may be further from another land mass but it does have an airport and a decent tourist trade, Tristan is only accessible by sea.
Nov 06th, 2013 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Furry-Fat-Feck
I think that Easter Island has better and more frequent transport links though
Nov 06th, 2013 - 01:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
Better left alone is what I say....they have a very limited gene pool and only share eight surnames: Captain Flack and Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb.
hehe ..kidding it's....Glass, Green, Hagan, Lavarello, Patterson, Repetto, Rogers, and Swain.
They probably eat tourists.....was that Green or Sawney Bean..
...also very proficient with the piano I've heard...it helps having 12 fingers....
Nov 06th, 2013 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Benson
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Nice display of bigotry there mate.
Nov 06th, 2013 - 03:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
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Ah.....I see...touchy subject..strike a chord did it....Falklands..;-)
....It's not bigotry at all.....275 and only 8 names...keeping it in the family..
Nov 06th, 2013 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Lease2740
When I was in the Falklands aboard a U.S. Navy Icebreaker about 1960 They only had a flight in every 3 months. They have come up in the world since the war and finding oil..
Nov 06th, 2013 - 05:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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whatsup
do TDC comes under or rule by that island call st helena where napolean was exciled after the english defeated him at waterloo or do ascension island,
Nov 06th, 2013 - 06:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
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Wiki.....”Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. This includes Saint Helena 2,430 kilometres (1,510 mi) to its north and equatorial Ascension Island even further north. The island has a permanent population of 275 ”
... Dependency of St Helena
Nov 06th, 2013 - 07:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
And its british , and not Argentine,

that is until CFK finds out it exists .lol
Nov 06th, 2013 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
@13 Briton

Well, as TDC is in the South Atlantic that's the same as being on Argentina's continental shelf innit?

Surprised Timerman hasn't complained about all those crayfish (or is it Lobsters?) being plundered from Argentina.
Nov 06th, 2013 - 11:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
I agree with you,
Im surprised her bloggers aint tried to claim that imaginary sovereignty..lol
Nov 07th, 2013 - 08:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
Wouldn't be surprised to see the Argentines invade the potato patch claiming some hypothetical crap as it's not defended-a traditional target for Argentine forces.
Nov 08th, 2013 - 08:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
true.
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