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Saturday 1 July 2023
UNS Chernihiv (M310)
UNS Chernihiv (M310) EX HMS Grimsby (M108) she was participating in a military exercise (Sea Breeze) in the Firth of Clyde Scotland ,this was her first naval exercise since the ship was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy.
Monday 26 June 2023
Friday 28 October 2022
HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl
Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Thor Heyerdahl was the fifth and last of the Fridtjof Nansen class to be launched and then commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Unlike the other members of her class, she was built with two 8-cell VLS modules instead of one.
Saturday 6 August 2022
USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)
USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) is a Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, the second United States Navy ship of that name.
Grasp was laid down on 30 March 1983 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 2 May 1985; and commissioned on 14 December 1985 as USS Grasp (ARS-51)
On 19 January 2006 USS Grasp was decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sealift Command for non-commissioned service as USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51).
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.
Friday 21 January 2022
Saturday 27 February 2021
Lobelia (M921)
Lobelia (M921) is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on 3 February 1988 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Anne Van De Kerckhof, the wife of the then Mayor of Diest, on 25 February 1989. The patronage of Lobelia was accepted by the city of Diest. It was the seventh of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters.
Wednesday 2 December 2020
MV Asterix
Thursday 26 November 2020
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330)
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces since 1992. Halifax is the lead ship in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project.
She visited the Clyde for a naval exercise in Oct 20
Saturday 3 October 2020
HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332)
HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) (commonly referred to as VDQ) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1993.
Seen here on the Clyde while taking part in a Joint Warrior Exercise.
The pilot boat Mount Stuart can be seen along side .
Premier-Maître L'Her F792
The Premier-Maître L'Her is an class Aviso from Estienne d'Orves of the French Navy.
She paid a visit to Glasgow as part of the Joint Warrior exercise October 20.
Her primary role is anti-submarine warfare in coastal areas.