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Tuesday 30 April 2024
Thursday 28 March 2024
MPV Hirta
MPV Hirta is a marine protection vessel operated by the Scottish Government
She is seen here passing Erskine and New Shot Island.
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Thursday 29 February 2024
MRV SCOTIA
MRV Scotia was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd at Port Glasgow for the then Scottish Office and completed early in 1998. Operating from her home port in Aberdeen, Scotia is used for fish stock assessment and environmental monitoring in the North Sea and north Atlantic waters. She carries a crew of 18 and can accommodate up to 12 scientists.
Photographed here passing Erskine on her way down the Clyde.
Thursday 1 February 2024
Thursday 9 November 2023
HMY Britannia
HMY Britannia was built at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire.
She was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953, and commissioned on 11 January 1954. The ship was designed with three masts: a 133-foot (41 m) foremast, a 139-foot (42 m) mainmast, and a 118-foot (36 m) mizzenmast. The top aerial on the foremast and the top 20 feet (6.1 m) of the mainmast were hinged to allow the ship to pass under bridges.
She was decommissioned in 1997 and is now a tourist attraction at Ocean Terminal Leith.
Friday 21 July 2023
AQUA GRIPFISK
AQUA GRIPFISK (IMO: 9158642) is a Fish Carrier that was built in 1997 (26 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Norway.