Yachting Giant Supports Military Charity
Leading yacht charter company, Sunsail, has named Turn to Starboard – which uses sailing to support Armed Forces personnel affected by military service – as its chosen charity of the year… Sunsail, whose UK headquarters are at Surbiton in London,...
HMS Prince of Wales Docks In Liverpool
Waving crowds packed Liverpool’s waterfront to welcome aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in her first historic visit to the city… The second of the UK’s giant new aircraft carriers sailed has sailed along the River Mersey for a week-long visit packed with...
‘Long Way Up’ For Wounded Warriors
Cornish charity Turn to Starboard has launched a campaign to find a team of wounded veterans for an ambitious 2,000-mile sailing expedition from Land’s End to John O’ Groats – and back…Turn to Starboard is offering a unique opportunity for 24 veterans who have...
Charity Calls For Seafarers’ Stories
As part of the UK’s VE Day 75th anniversary commemorations in May 2020, Seafarers UK is launching a Veterans Appeal to raise funds for seafaring veterans and their families… Seafarers UK – the charity created in 1917 as King George’s Fund for Sailors...
Royal Navy Monitors Russian Ship On Christmas Day
Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Tyne shadowed a Russian vessel through the English Channel on Christmas Day… The Portsmouth-based ship was called upon to sail on Christmas Eve and keep watch on the Russian ship Smolnyy Perekov as it passed close to UK territorial...
