Wee Spark

Tied up for the winter at Bowling.

HMS Queen Elizabeth

Lower block four of HMS Queen Elizabeth at the Govan yard in Glasgow,she was being manoeuvred onto the AMT barge that will transport her to Rosyth.

Click HERE for some earlier pictures and HERE for pictures of the first block being moved down the Clyde.

MV Hallaig

Caledonian Mac Braynes MVHallaig being built at Fergusons shipyard at Port Glasgow.

The ferry will accommodate 150 passengers, 23 cars or two large vehicles, with a service speed of nine knots and is designed for use on many of the short crossing routes around the Clyde and Hebrides.

The new ferries will use some of the most innovative new ‘green’ technology, including Lithium Ion battery banks supplying a minimum of 20 per cent of the energy consumed on board. Benefits include reduced fuel consumption and impact of CO2 emissions and other pollutants, noise reduction and lower maintenance requirements.

Waverley

Waverley passing St Johns Gourock.

HMS Defender

 


HMS Defender departing from the BAE shipyard in Glasgow for the last time.

Waverley

Waverley passing from sunlight to shadow as she makes her way round the tail of the bank.

HMS Defender

HMS Defender the fifth Type 45 destroyer to be built on the Clyde,she is seen here departing the shipyard for the last time.