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Article: Shipshape and ready for war; Land-locked Birmingham is almost 100 miles from the sea, but that doesn't stop Brummies from joining the Royal Navy.Helen Gabriel found her sea legs and spent a day on board HMS Chatham.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2005
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Byline: Helen Gabriel
War takes place in Plymouth. Every Thursday in fact.
Not the real thing, but a large-scale training exercise to prepare Royal Navy crews for what they might face in conflict.
Preparing for the latest encounter was HMS Chatham , barely visible in the early morning mist as she cut her way elegantly across Plymouth Sound. Twelve miles from shore, with nothing on the horizon, she looked ghostly and intimidating in her standard-issue grey paint.
It was also an occasion for officer recruits, keen to experience their first ...