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Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Monday, 18 October 2010

Sunday, 17 October 2010

HNLMS Zierikzee (M862)






A joint venture of the Navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10. All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute to NATO as part of MCMFORNORTH, or Mine Counter Measures Force.

Marne








Heading For Glasgow on a glorious autumn day to load up with scrap metal.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

HMS Duncan D37


HMS Duncan launched from the Govan shipyard on the 11 October 2010.
The 7,500-tonne destroyer may be the last ship to be launched from the yard.

Named after Admiral Duncan, who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, HMS Duncan is the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer to be built at Govan for the Royal Navy.