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Few are aware of the renowned Charles Darwin’s ties to South Africa and the Cape in particular. On Sunday, April 25, 2010, the H.M.S.
The Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Edinburgh faced some mountainous seas on the 4,000-mile passage from Cape Town to Mare Harbour in the Falkland Islands, her base for the next five or so months ...
The Type 45 destroyer after Cape Town continued her Atlantic patrol and is currently exercising with African navies. There is a permanent reminder of the Royal Navy's HMS Dragon’s first visit to ...
The HMS Portland visited Cape Town between 4 to 7 April, three months into her seven-month deployment as the Royal Navy's Atlantic Patrol Ship, one of the most advanced frigates at sea today.
In June 1942, HMS Barrymore sailed out of the South African city of Cape Town towing a damaged corvette, HMS Bellwort. Our destination: Durban, on South Africa's east coast. I was a signalman on ...
Dramatic video shows Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon shooting down supersonic missile. Posted: May 17, 2025 | Last updated: May 19, 2025. ... Elephant seal stuns Cape Town suburb.
HMS Dauntless leaves Cape Town in 2012. However, no contact has yet been made between leaders of the two cities with councillors' permission required.