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HMS Ark Royal visits the Tyne

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HMS Ark Royal is paying a courtesy visit to the River Tyne this weekend, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of her completion at Swan Hunters yard in Wallsend on this once great ship building river. She is pictured here with the Tyne Pilot cutter,"Collingwood" in the foreground.

Port of Tyne pilot cutter "Collingwood"

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The Collingwood is a new 16m aluminium pilot cutter and was designed and built by Pembroke Dock based Mustang Marine; it has a top speed at sea of 22 knots.