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Saturday, 1 October 2022

NLV Pole Star






 NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.


Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37-year-old MV Fingal. In memory of this vessel, Pole Star has a workboat onboard named Fingal.

She is seen here at Oban


Information courtesy of Wikipedia

Thursday, 29 September 2022

LE DUMONT D'URVILLE












French cruise ship  Le Dumont-d'Urville is the fourth ship of the Ponant Explorers class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name of a famous French explorer.
 

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Monday, 26 September 2022

Queen Mary

 




The Queen Mary departing the Clyde,she was launched from John Browns at Clydebank on the 26 September 1934.

Thursday, 22 September 2022

SD Impulse




 SD Impuse,tug used for submarines seen here at the entrance to Loch Long.

SD Oronsay







 SD Oronsay [Naval Auxiliary] at Ardrossan Harbour.

Monday, 19 September 2022

SD KYLE OF LOCHALSH




 SD Kyle of Lochalsh in James Watt dock Greenock.