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Thursday, 17 August 2023

SD IMPETUS





 SD Impetus, military tug heading back to Faslane.

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Fingail

The MV Fingal was built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow, Scotland for the Northern Lighthouse Board. Launched in 1963, she was stationed for thirty years in Oban and then for six years in Stromness as a maintenance and supply vessel for lighthouses and buoys.
 

Aida Bella









 AIDAbella is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to AIDAdiva and AIDAluna. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050.  The name AIDAbella was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.

The ship has 1,025 passenger cabins. There is a nude sunbathing area towards the rear of the ship. Amidships is a circular, glass-walled, and roofed Theatrium in the center of the ship.

Seen here departing from Greenock Ocean Terminal.


Information  Courtesy of Wikipedia.


Sunday, 13 August 2023

Thursday, 10 August 2023

Isle of Arran


 Sailing to the isle of Arran.

Runner




 Runner in Troon Harbour, she is operated by Timberlink who transport  up to 100,000 tonnes of timber a year from the Argyll ports of Ardrishaig, Campeltown and Sandbank to wood processing plants in Ayrshire .

Sunshine






 The bulker Sunshine at Shieldhall Glasgow.