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.

Stella and Humfrey Berkley

Stella and Humfrey Berkley lifeboat at Portpatrick.

BBC Livorno

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

HMS Charger P292,HMS Biter P270

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

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.

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.

Petrels

 Petrels bulker at KGV dock.

MV Glen Shiel

 MV Glen Shiel is a small cruise ship operated by The Majestic Line.seen here in Oban Bay.

Clyde Sunset

 A winter sunset from the village of Fairlie,the bottom picture shows four Clyde Islands,Cumbrae,Little Cumbrae,Isle of Bute and the mountains of the Isle of Arran. 

MOTHER M

MOTHER M (IMO: 9626613) is a Bulk Carrier and is sailing under the flag of MARSHALL ISLANDS. Her length overall (LOA) is 180 meters and her width is 30 meters.

Seen here at KGV Glasgow.

Lion Rampant

Photographed at Port Seton

Altair

 Altair arriving back at Arbroath after a day fishing,skippered by Ally Piggott. It is used for sea angling and fishing trips along the coastline and to the Bell Rock. 

MV Loch Frisa

 MV Loch Frisa departing Oban for the Isle of Mull.

The Gantocks

 The Gantocks is a small group of rocks lying off Dunoon in the upper Firth of Clyde, West of Scotland.

The PS Waverley grounded on the rocks on 15 July 1977, with 715 passengers on board.

Wyre Estuary

Wyre Estuary (Dredger)Originally built in 1971, Wyre Estuary has been fully modernised and renovated in 2023 by Wyre Marine, transforming her into a highly efficient and adaptable dredging vessel.

Now fitted with a long-reach excavator and equipped with a range of specialised buckets.

She is seen here at the entrance to the Holy Loch which is the dumping ground for spoil on the Clyde. 

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Portpatrick

Portpatrick is a picturesque coastal village on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Often described as a "hidden gem"