Monthly Archives: May 2012

This Crazy Boat Just Completed The First Solar-Powered Sail Around The World 14MAY 2012This Crazy Boat Just Completed The First Solar-Powered Sail Around The World | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovationINNOVATION When Magellan first circumnavigated the earth five centuries ago, he never could have dreamed of that someday it would also be done on aContinue reading “We can do anything if we try”

All aboard the party boat! HMS Victory hired out for dinners to fund its upkeep – at £1,500 a head Hiring out Nelson’s Great Cabin costs around £30,000 for 20 guests Parties in Captain Thomas Hardy’s cabin start at £750 per head – and it’s £240 on the lower decks By ANDY WHELAN PUBLISHED: 16:01 EST, 12Continue reading “HMS Victory hired out for dinners to fund its upkeep”

Naval fliers to get the Olympic flame going on its epic journey News Naval fliers to get the Olympic flame going on its epic journey 12 May 2012 Aviators of 771 Naval Air Squadron will carry the Olympic flame on its first journey in the British Isles when it arrives in the UK next weekend.Continue reading “Olympic flame to start its journey”

Tears and cheers as magnificent Montrose returns News Tears and cheers as magnificent Montrose returns 11 May 2012 More than 700 people cheered HMS Montrose into Plymouth today as the frigate completed her three-ocean, six-and-a-half-month deployment. The ship left home last October, spending the bulk of her time away in the South Atlantic, before visitingContinue reading “HMS Montrose returns home”