Boa Fortune

Boa Fortune seen here anchored off Rothesay,she is a supply ship which is helping with the pipe laying Solitaire.

She was built on the Clyde at Fergusons in 1992 as Star Pegasus.

Kilcreggan Pier

FS Tonnerre landing craft 29

Landing craft from FS Tonnerre taking French sailors ashore at Greenock.

Ark Royal R07

Navy rescue helicopter from Prestwick

Ark Royal was on the Clyde to take part in a NATO exercise
Balmoral passing Ark Royal
This is the fifth vessel to bear the proud name. Ark Royal was built by Swan Hunters Ship Builders' yard at Wallsend in December 1978 and launched by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. HMS Ark Royal was accepted into service on 1 July 1985.

HMS Ark Royal is larger than her 2 sisters, Invincible and Illustrious, at 210 metres (683 feet) long. She has a maximum beam of 36 metres (117 feet) and a displacement of 20,000 tonnes.

4 Olympus gas turbine engines (like Concorde's) propel the ship, which give a maximum speed in excess of 30 knots. A steeper ski jump than in the other ships of this class is fitted at the forward end of the flight deck.

FS Tonnerre

FS Tonnerre and HMS Ark Royal.
Below FS Tonnerre and Royal Navy Rescue helicopter.
Below landing craft from FS Tonnerre,in the background is HMS Ark Royal.
FS Tonnerre on the Clyde before she left to take part in a NATO exercise.

QE2 ,Clyde Last Visit

The Qe2 s last visit to the Clyde,she will now become a floating hotel in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

The last of the great Clydebuilt liners.

FS TONNERRE

Landing Craft


FS Tonnerre visited the Clyde on the Oct 2008,as part of the NATO Joint Warrior Exercise.

Tonnerre the French Navy's new 21,300t amphibious assault, command and power projection ship. The ship has been built by DCN in partnership with Thales and Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The ship has the payload capacity and versatility to carry up to 16 heavy helicopters and one-third of a mechanised regiment, plus two LCAC hovercraft or up to four landing craft.