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Friday 31 May 2024

Settler








 Fish carrier Settler departing Oban and sailing up the Sound of Mull.

Thursday 30 May 2024

AASLI







 AASLI passing Renfrew with part of the new Renfrew bridge being removed from the barge Caroline.

Tuesday 28 May 2024

HMS Glasgow




 Type 26 frigate under construction at BAE Scotstoun.

Sten Baltic






Tanker Sten Baltic pasing Greenock after her visit to Rothesay Dock Clydebank.

Monday 27 May 2024

USNS Kane


 USNS Kane (T-AGS-27) was a Silas Bent-class survey ship acquired by the United States Navy and delivered to Military Sealift Command in 1967. Kane spent her career performing oceanographic surveys. The ship was equipped with the Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS).

She was transferred to the Turkish Navy in 2001 and renamed TCG Çandarlı.

The picture shows her at KGV dock Glasgow.

Friday 24 May 2024

SD Oronsay




SD Oronsay is an Oban class fleet, tender owned and operated by Serco Marine Services.

Primarily used to transport personnel to and from Naval vessels.

She is seen here at Garvel dry dock Greenock.

Thursday 23 May 2024

Aila









 AILA built 2007 by J.J. Sietas Schiffswerft, Hamburg-Neuenfelde  

length 141,2m, breadth 21,3m, draft 8,59m, speed 18 knots

Flag: Finland, port of registration.

Spitsbergen






 MS Spitsbergen is named after the crown jewel of Arctic Norway – the Svalbard archipelago and its biggest island, Spitsbergen.

A specialised cruise ship for exploring  Antarctica and the polar regions.

Wednesday 22 May 2024

Tuesday 21 May 2024

CAMERON





Briggs Cameron in dry dock at Garvel Greenock.

Vessels main duties are, within UK waters, transporting laying, maintaining and recovering aids to navigation (AtoN) and moorings

Monday 20 May 2024

Celebrity Silhouette
















 Celebrity Silhouette is a Solstice-class cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. She was ordered with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in May 2007 and was delivered in July 2011 as the fourth Solstice-class ship in the fleet. 

She is seen here departing Greenock Ocean Terminal.