Veteran survey ship HMS Scott has returned to Plymouth after a record-breaking nine-month stint in the Atlantic.

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The ship has hoovered up information spanning 400,000 square kilometers of ocean – that’s larger than Japan, Germany or Norway – the most ever collected in a 12-month period by the ship since she joined the Fleet back in 1997.

Scott – named after the ill-fated Antarctic explorer – left home in June last year, since when she’s clocked up more than 43,000 miles, nearly enough to take her twice around the world… although the ship hasn’t strayed beyond the Atlantic.