Lost Pigeon Rescued By Navy In Atlantic Ocean
A racing pigeon found by HMS Somerset 300 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean is to be reunited with her owner.5:37pm UK, Friday 26 July 2013
A racing pigeon which got lost at sea is to be reunited with her owner after she was saved 300 miles (483km) out in the Atlantic Ocean by the crew of a Royal Navy frigate.
The exhausted bird was wrongly named Paul by crew members when she landed on the deck of HMS Somerset a week ago.
Since then she has been fed and watered and received much attention from the 185 men and women on board.
Leading Seaman William Hughes, an ex-pigeon fancier, caught the bird, checked it over and discovered that it was in fact female.
He said: "It was a stroke of luck that Paul found Somerset. "She will certainly have a few sea stories to tell her fellow pigeons."
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Lost Pigeon Rescued By Navy In Atlantic Ocean
A racing pigeon found by HMS Somerset 300 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean is to be reunited with her owner.5:37pm UK, Friday 26 July 2013
A racing pigeon which got lost at sea is to be reunited with her owner after she was saved 300 miles (483km) out in the Atlantic Ocean by the crew of a Royal Navy frigate.
The exhausted bird was wrongly named Paul by crew members when she landed on the deck of HMS Somerset a week ago.
Since then she has been fed and watered and received much attention from the 185 men and women on board.
Leading Seaman William Hughes, an ex-pigeon fancier, caught the bird, checked it over and discovered that it was in fact female.
He said: "It was a stroke of luck that Paul found Somerset. "She will certainly have a few sea stories to tell her fellow pigeons."
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Lost Pigeon Rescued By Navy In Atlantic Ocean
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