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    Feb 17, 2022 3 minutes

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    PICKETS CHANGE AT DARTMOUTH

    Twin-jet powered naval training boats have replaced a 50-year-old flotilla of eight ‘picket’ boats at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.

    The distinctive blue and white boats which have chugged up and down the Dart since the 1960s were retired at the end of 2021. Officer cadets are now learning navigation, leadership and seamanship aboard 15mlong Vahana boats, packed with similar technology to the

    Royal Navy’s front-line fleet. “There’s a lot of nostalgia for the old boats, understandably given how

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