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Sunday, 15 June 2008

Tistedal





Tistedal at anchor off Greenock,awaiting a berth at the container terminal.

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Deo Volente







Deo Volente Friday evening,making her way downriver after delivering wind turbines to Shieldhall in Glasgow.
Deo Volente is Latin for God willing.

Friday, 13 June 2008

Grand Princess













Grand Princess is a large cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises. Built in 1998 by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in MonfalconeItaly, at a cost of approximately US$450 million, she was the largest and most expensive ship ever built at the time, a distinction now carried by Royal Caribbean International's Freedom of the Seas. Grand Princess primarily operates in Europe during the summer to early fall, and then operates in the Caribbean during winter to late spring.

She is the sister ship of the Star Princess and the Golden Princess.

I don't normally print ship statistics,but on this occasion I will as her dimension are mammoth.

Tonnage: 109,000 gross tons
Length: 951 feet (289m 86,5cm)
Beam: 118 feet (35m 97cm)
Draft: 26 feet (7m 92,5cm)
Height: 201 feet (61m 26,5cm)
Cruising Speed: 22.5 knots (40km/h)
Decks: 18
Complement: 2,600 passengers, 1,100 crew

City of Oporto



City of Oporto and MV Jupiter


City of Oporto a small container ship passing Gourock as she makes her way to the Clydeport terminal at Greenock

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Yacht

Taken from the mouth of Loch Long.

MV Sea Horse 11



According to her owners Argyle workboats,MV Sehorse is a fully equipped offshore survey and combat weapons trials support vessel capable of working safely in exposed open seas where accurate and reliable surveying and positioning is required.

She recently accompanied HMS Daring,the Royal Navy's newest destroyer on her sea trials.