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HMS Ramsey, Faslane Naval Base, Scotland, Britain - 11 May 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael McGurk / Rex Features ( 1342314a )
A Royal Navy warship that was made from plastic rather than metal to avoid triggering mines set sail to the Gulf from its base at Faslane Naval Base.
HMS Ramsey was made from glass-reinforced plastic so can get near mines where other Navy ships cannot.
The 600-tonne Sandown class minehunter is used to clear safe passages as it does not send out the signals that metal vessels do.
It is heading east of the Suez Canal, where it will stay for four years.
HMS Ramsey, Faslane Naval Base, Scotland, Britain - 11 May 2011
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