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Friday, November 30, 2012

Royal Naval Survey Ship Discovers Sunken Dhows

Dhow in 3D |The Royal Naval survey ship HMS Enterprise is already making significant inroads into navigational safety in Dubai having discovered the previously uncharted wrecks of two dhows in Port Rashid Harbour.

Making use of its new hi-tech, smaller motor launch, the Plymouth-based ship discovered two sunken dhows in one of the world's busiest ports at the beginning of a nine-month deployment.

Spitfire, the new survey motor boat, can be sent off independently to gather data at the same time as the mother ship - effectively doubling the ship's capacity to chart the seas.

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