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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
Hoolet
Hoolet speeding down the Clyde.
Hoolet A name given to the night passenger boat operating on the Forth and Clyde Canal before 1850.
Monday, 18 December 2017
HMS Tyne
HMS Tyne is the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry the name Tyne. She is a River-class offshore patrol vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Severn. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol vessels.
Tyne was featured in the first episode of the BBC series Empire of the Seas, "How the Navy Forged the Modern World, Heart of Oak", presented by Dan Snow.
Friday, 15 December 2017
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Monday, 11 December 2017
Imanta (M-04)
Imanta (M-04) is the lead ship of the Tripartite class of minehunters for the Latvian Naval Forces. The vessel was formerly HNLMS Harlingen (M854), an Tripartite-class minehunter of the Royal Netherlands Navy built in 1984.
Friday, 8 December 2017
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
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