HMS Shoreham (M112)

HMS Shoreham (M112)  is a British Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunter that was later transferred to the Ukrainian Navy as the Cherkasy. Photographed on the Clyde.

HMS Northumberland

 HMS Northumberland was a Type 23 Frigate named after the Duke of Northumberland. Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, she has proven versatile enough for all manner of operations. Due to decommission, HMS Northumberland’s role will be taken over by the new Type 26/City-class frigates, led by HMS Glasgow.

HMS Northumberland was towed out of Portsmouth on the 9 September for the scrapyard.

HMS Cardiff

 HMS Cardiff fitting at Scotstoun dry dock.

HMS Glasgow

 HMS Glasgow fitting out in dry dock at Scotstoun.

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.