HMS Portland, first Royal Navy visit to Sao Tomé and Príncipe in 29 years

Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 17:26 UTC

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HMS Portland on Atlantic patrol, became the first Royal Navy Ship to visit São Tomé and Príncipe in 29 years when she anchored off the islands for a two day visit. The last Royal Navy Ship to visit the former Portuguese colony was the survey vessel HMS Herald in 1985. Prior to that, the last recorded visit of a Royal Naval Warship was in 1889. Read full article

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Buzzsaw
Interesting place to visit if you ever get the chance, implanted population that gained independence from Portugal in 1975, thus they exercised their right to self determination as per the UN charter. One of the last places to have 'slaves' (forced paid labour) right upto 1910
Lovely people, friendly and trusting (we were invited to dinner by the bank clerk to meet her family) and great surf too.
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Vestige
Watch out locals.

Dont get Chagos-ed.
Apr 10th, 2014 - 12:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Thanks for the info Buzzsaw

You give us other posters an insight whilst those old fools like Vestige just troll their usual prejudice.

Thanks Buzzsaw!
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FI_Frost
@2

Arhh your new besties, the Chagonese....

I think you'll find Sao Tome and Principe have adequate natural water and resources to support habitable life without the need of “zee nasty inglish empire” to subsidise them.
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Conqueror
@2 Yeah. Remember that you were invaded and “colonised” by the Portuguese. Remember how it took 226 years to be able to govern yourselves? Don't the Falklands have 45 years to go? How fortunate for Sao Tome that they only had to cope with the Portuguese slavery instead of the French version. Should we mention the “Batepá Massacre” where several hundred African “labourers” were murdered by their Portuguese rulers in 1953. Yeah, just look at that, Portuguese slave-owners still murdering their property in 1953. Meanwhile, can we have a “vestige” of an intelligent comment?
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Brasileiro
@ 5 Your imagination can not conceive what is the CPLP. Keep dreaming.
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ilsen
Commander Sarah West.

Makes one proud. I bet no one makes jokes about women drivers when she is around!!!!
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reality check
I would not have minded serving under her. In a pure non sexual way of course.

Bloody liar!
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ilsen
Iol !
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