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#895114 16th Aug 2014 3:47pm
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Apparently, she is due to leave today to be scrapped. A group of people are trying to organise a protest by refusing to move from the Four Bridges thus un-enabling the bridge to lift, for the ship to pass.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SAVE.HMS.PLYMOUTH.OPEN/

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Waste of time protesting unless you've got the dosh to save the poor old girl. Sad end to a fighting vessel but it's always the way.
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Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
un-enabling the bridge to lift,



"Preventing" is a useful word. wink


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Originally Posted by chriskay
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un-enabling the bridge to lift,



"Preventing" is a useful word. wink
Thanks Chris, from now on I will endeavor to improve my word choice with context optimised vocabularly suggestions. This page would be well up your street if you have facebook. www.facebook.com/grammarly laugh Warning, it may make your eyes bleed!!

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Tug Amber II now showing destination Aliaga Turkey
(shipbreakers). Two Smit tugs now in Vittoria
Dock. According to Twitter she will be moved
at 04:00 and in river by 06:00.

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Hms plymouth gone

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Abreast of Seaforth Docks now. Doing 4knots. (If I've homed in on the right tug)

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On the camera at Perch Rock, Wirralcam.
my thoughts say thanks Peel Ports may you go the same way one day.

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cry PEEL holdings I hope you rot in hell!!!!!!!!! and sink to the bottom of the river mersey you idiots!! idiot .

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Hang on, has anybody given thought to the fact the original owners may have owed rent areas?
its been in the docks for years.


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Just to let you know, AIS is showing that the tug Amber II must still be towing HMS Plymouth and is about 40 miles away but level with Penzance,now doing 6knots, I presume her course is across the Bay of Biscay, keeping away from other shipping.

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Thanks for the ongoing info. Dave. I've been following her progress on the AIS site - a great absorber of time. It looks like she's giving Bishop Rock LH a wide berth!

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AIS is out of range since 11:30 ish.

this link is to her AIS page, so if the tug comes back online, it will point to her on the map.

Notice the arrival in Turkey date.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/249122000

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Amber II tug with HMS Plymouth has traversed the Bay of Biscay and is about 80 miles away nearly level with the top end of the Spanish coast, her AIS is back on line.

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Amber II tug, with HMS Plymouth in tow is now about 80miles out to sea, parallel with the Spanish/Portuguese border,

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