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HMS Protector in cleanup and surveying tasks in South Georgia

Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
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The men and women of HMS Protector have helped the South Georgia Government by carrying out a beach cleanup and glacier survey. 700 miles east of the Falklands, South Georgia is a crescent shaped island with magnificent scenery and wildlife. But over the years debris from several shipwrecks has been washed up on the island’s beaches. Read full article

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  • golfcronie

    Must be all the flotsam and jetsam from Argentinas sinking Naval fleet.

    Feb 28th, 2015 - 08:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sighted in River Forth as £6billion fitting-out of Royal Navy's biggest ever ship continues

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2972278/Britain-s-new-aircraft-carrier-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-sighted-River-Forth-6billion-fitting-Royal-Navy-s-biggest-ship-continues.html

    Latest pictures of the carrier,
    And a small comparison between ours and the American carrier,

    a good detailed look at HMS Queen Elizabeth.
    .

    Feb 28th, 2015 - 09:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • pgerman

    Would we be able to see it rounding the South Atlantic Ocean?...it would be great

    Feb 28th, 2015 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    It may well visit Australia and NZ via the south Atlantic onto the pacific,
    who knows.

    Feb 28th, 2015 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    cleanup?
    and are they going to the islets too?
    take care then, dear isleters.
    there is a big possibility that those dustmen confuse you with garbage.

    Mar 01st, 2015 - 10:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    @5 paul-carrion

    The only garbage that needs cleaning up is you and Fat Max, your birth-buddy.
    PS: When are you going to help cleanse The Falklands of your cowardly war-mines? The shit you left behind when you fled home with your tails between your legs like the feeble-cowards you are?

    Mar 02nd, 2015 - 02:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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