HMS Queen Elizabeth visits Plymouth. HMS Bulwark departs for Brazil. "Slave trader" signs might return; And meeting Oshen - another of Plymouth's ocean innovators.
It's The Beagle: Saturday September 12, 2026
Scene on the Sound, by The Captain
A noticeably busy week on and around the Sound. Last Sunday, we had HMS Queen Elizabeth outside the breakwater – so about two miles away in the photo. She had left Portsmouth the day before