A navy ship travelled for three and a half hours to help a whale badly tangled in a fishing net.
After an hour's struggle, the animal was free to go on its way.
WATCH BELOW: In a similar incident in January 2018 a humpback whale was freed from a rope in the sea off Hawaii.
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