HMS Grimsby (M108)

 

HMS Grimsby (M108) is a Mine Counter Measures Vessel seen here departing the Clyde.

HMS Nestor

 HMS Nestor built at Fairfields Govan shipyard 1940 transferred to Royal Australian Navy,sunk 1942.

RFA LYME BAY

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessel Lyme Bay is undergoing a rapid conversion in Gibraltar to act as a specialized minehunting "mothership" for the Royal Navy. Fitted with cutting-edge autonomous underwater drones and crewless surface boats, the ship will detect and neutralize naval threats, supporting a "hybrid navy"

Vanguard Submarine

The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in service with the Royal Navy. The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme, and comprises four vessels: Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance, built between 1986 and 1999 at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, now owned by BAE Systems. All four boats are based at HM Naval Base Clyde (HMS Neptune), 40 km (25 mi) west of Glasgow.

She is seen here departing the Gareloch before entering into the River Clyde.

HMS Birmingham (Type 26)

 The bow section of HMS Birmingham was carried by barge to the BAE Systems shipyard at Govan.

The bow unit will now be moved into the huge new shipbuilding hall at Govan .Where BAE System, the main contractor, is assembling the warship.

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.

RFA Proteus (K60)

 The RFA Proteus (K60) is the UK’s first dedicated Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship, operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Formally entered into service in October 2023, it serves as a "mothership" for underwater surveillance and seabed warfare.

Seen here berthed at Fairlie Pier.

HMS Dauntless (D33)

 HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy. She is currently under the command of Commander Ben Dorrington. She was launched at Govan in January 2007, was handed over to the Royal Navy on 3 December 2009 and was formally commissioned on 3 June 2010.The Picture was taken a few hours before her launch into the Clyde.

HMS Hurworth

 HMS Hurworth Royal Navy mine hunter on the Clyde

HMS GRIMSBY M108

 HMS GRIMSBY M108 Royal Navy minehunter passing Gourock.

HMS Cumberland F85

 HMS Cumberland was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1986 at Yarrows on the Clyde, commissioned on 10 June 1989. The frigate was on station during the First Gulf War and was part of the Devonport Flotilla based at Devonport Dockyard. Cumberland was decommissioned on 23 June 2011.