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Thursday 18 December 2014

Pole Star










NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37 year old NLV Fingal. In memory of this vessel,

Saturday 13 December 2014

Sordyroy









Norwegian (Built 1966) live fish carrier making her way up to KGV in Glasgow

Friday 12 December 2014

Island Fox






Island Fox is a training vessel operated by SeaTrek from the Great Harbour in Greenock.

Monday 24 November 2014

Irvine Harbour Crane




The harbour crane has seen better days,looking as though only the rust is holding it together,it has been moved  away from the harbour by the maritime museum for safe keeping,with the view of restoration,don't hold your breath.

Tuesday 21 October 2014

LM Constructor




The flat-top barge LM Constructor is a general purpose vessel suitable for a wide range of inshore projects.  At 60m x 19m it is equipped with modern accommodation for up to 40 people.
With three successive seasons operating off the coast of Dounreay in Northern Scotland to carry out the clean up of an area of the seabed by recovering nuclear particles, the purpose designed tracked ROV complete with launch and recovery system capable of deploying the equipment in sea-states with significant wave height up to 2m

She is seen here at Troon ,she was helping other vessels in the laying of pipes at Ardneil Bay Ardrossan.

Thursday 14 August 2014

Jakup Soil Engineering





A rig drilling alongside the BAE systems yard at Scotstoun,[Yarrows] much of the old was demolished in 2014.