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Sunday, 1 March 2026

Laika



Barge at Bowling,it has a rather strange name Laike,which was the name of the first living being to go into space .

Laika was a stray Moscow dog, the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2 spacecraft on November 3, 1957, proving that life could survive launch and weightlessness, but her mission was one-way, and she died from overheating hours into the flight, sparking animal rights concerns despite the knowledge gained for human spaceflight. 

Laika was built on the River Clyde in 2011 she is a wide beam dutch barge.

Friday, 27 February 2026

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

BBC Livorno






 BBC Livorno passing Greenock after delivering windmill parts to KGV Glasgow.

Monday, 23 February 2026

HMS Charger P292,HMS Biter P270



 Royal Navy patrol boats HMS Charger P292,HMS Biter P270 berthed in Glasgow city centre.

Sunday, 22 February 2026

Treville







 TREVILLE (IMO: 9815331) is a General Cargo and is sailing under the flag of PORTUGAL. Her length overall (LOA) is 89.9 meters and her width is 14.8 meters.

Photographed in Glasgow with a cargo of windmill parts.

Saturday, 21 February 2026

HMS Enterprise





 HMS Enterprise operated for twenty years as a survey ship but the decommissioned ship is being sold to the Bangladesh Navy. 

The pictures show her at Faslane on the Clyde.

RFA Argus


RFA Argus is to be decommissioned after four decades of service.
She started life as a Italian container ship,but was requisitioned during the Falklands war in 1982.
Following conversation she entered service as an aviation training ship before taking on the role as a Primary Casualty Receiving ship.
Photographed here on the River Clyde.