It looks like a ship when it is in port or in transit, and when it use you’d think it’s about to sink. The RP FLIP (for “FLoating Instrument Platform) is an unpowered research buoy with a very special ...

This strange looking 355 foot-long ship is designed to partly capsize to carry out ocean research. The RP FLIP – short for Floating Instrument Platform – was created by the US Navy in 1962 and it is ...

I don't spend much time thinking about boats or marine research these days, as I gave up on the marine biologist dream when I was 9 years old and found out the plesiosaur was extinct. But when I run ...

More images from that box stuffed full of 1962-1964 film sleeves. I always like the images of the Armed Forces Parade because unlike a lot of events captured in the archives, the Armed Forces Day ...