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Royal Navy surveys Freetown Peninsula

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    HMS Beagle, a Royal Naval ship, is on its third and final survey mission of Sierra Leonean waters, state-owned SLENA reported on Thursday.

    The survey, described as the “most significant” undertaken for Sierra Leone, will update the Freetown harbour entrance chart to make it more accessible to commercial shipping, SLENA reported. The areas on the chart were last surveyed in 1924.

    The Beagle’s captain, Commander Derek Turner, said the ship had worked primarily in the river, but also along most of the Freetown Peninsula. Slena reported that the ship’s executive officer, Lt. Mike O’Sullivan, added that the vessel’s role had been to provide a presence while collecting oceanographic and hydrographic data for the Sierra Leone government and harbour authorities.

    These will go to the Hydrographic Office in Taunton, southwest England, where the new charts will be produced and navigation publications updated for mariners worldwide.

    HMS Beagle is in its last year of commission and is due for replacement in 2003. It last visited Freetown during its first commission in August 1969, SLENA reported.

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