HMS Astute

Always difficult to name submarines,but Atute is the first in her class to be built.

HMS Torbay

HMS Torbay

HMS Torbay heading for Loch Long

Submarine on the Clyde

Submarine heading for Faslane on the Clyde.

Walrus

The Walrus-class submarine is the only submarine class currently in operation in the Royal Netherlands Navy. They have been in use since 1990 and are all named after sea mammals.

She is seen here approaching Faslane submarine base on the Clyde as part of the Joint Warrior Nato exercise of 2009.

Submarine

Heading for Loch Long submarine test area.

Submarine

Submarines

I took these photographs at a Royal Navy open day at Faslane submarine base.

Submarines

The Gareloch in the Firth of Clyde is home to HM Naval Base Clyde,it is home to the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear deterrent and the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Scotland.

The submarines are a familiar sight on the Clyde,nearly always escorted by RMAS tugs , miliatry police and Royal Marines!

Russian Submarine.

A bit of the beaten track for The River Clyde blog,I took these photographs in 1990 at Cairn Ryan.

The submarines in the breakers yard are Russian, I recall they made the news when they arrived as the tugs that towed them encountered stormy weather and one of the submarines almost sunk.