Defence Royal Navy: HMS Medway crew release rare turtles into natural habitat after they washed up on UK shores By Freddie Webb Trainee Reporter Comment Published 27th Sep 2024, 22:32 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now The crew of a Royal Navy warship have released six rare turtles that washed up on UK shores back into the wild in their original Atlantic habitat. Portsmouth-based patrol vessel HMS Medway transported the loggerhead turtles to the Azores, as it was heading towards the Caribbean, where they were released having been cared for by Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium and Anglesey Sea Zoo.
The juvenile turtles were swept from the Caribbean or Eastern Seaboard of the USA by strong winds and Atlantic currents and had become ‘cold-stunned’ in the cold waters around the UK. One of the six rare loggerhead turtles which was found by the crew of a Royal Navy warship after washing up on UK shores, being released and dropped back into the Atlantic by the crew of the Portsmouth-based patrol vessel HMS Medway. The Navy crew transported the turtles back to the Azores, where they were released having been cared for by Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium and Anglesey Sea Zoo.
| Royal Navy/PA Wire It is believed they would have died if they had not been found washed up and rescued. Two of the turtles, named Jason and Perran, were found at Perranporth, Cornwall, Gordon was discovered at Bude in Cornwall, Hayle was found in Hayle, .
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