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Old 1st Sep 2011, 07:32
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Originally Posted by Foghorn Leghorn
Are you sure you know exactly what HMS Ocean is contributing right now?
Apart from a couple of days alongside in Malta six weeks ago, the c.285 members of Ocean's ship's company have spent over four months at sea in Defence Watches (normally 6 hours on/6 hours off plus normal daywork) providing 24 hour cover off the coast of Libya. I therefore hope they are being given a brief opportunity to stretch their legs ashore while things are relatively quiet. Not essential but certainly deserved if at all possible.
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