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Friday 13 June 2008
City of Oporto
City of Oporto and MV Jupiter
City of Oporto a small container ship passing Gourock as she makes her way to the Clydeport terminal at Greenock
Wednesday 11 June 2008
MV Sea Horse 11
According to her owners Argyle workboats,MV Sehorse is a fully equipped offshore survey and combat weapons trials support vessel capable of working safely in exposed open seas where accurate and reliable surveying and positioning is required.
She recently accompanied HMS Daring,the Royal Navy's newest destroyer on her sea trials.
Tuesday 10 June 2008
Sunday 8 June 2008
Vital Spark
Vic 72 was built in 1944 at Hull, and was one of the last VIC class puffers built to have a certificate to carry cargo , she is powered by a Diesel Engine. VIC stands for Victualing Inshore Craft.
The puffers original name was 'Eilean Eisdeal' which was given to her by the Easdale Shipping Company but she was re-named in 2006 as the Vital Spark after the stories written by the writer Neil Munro who wrote about 'Para Handy' skipper of the puffer, the 'Vital Spark'.
The puffer was unique in that they were flat bottomed, and could easily beach at low water unload their cargo and then float off on the next tide, this is one of the reasons why they were so popular particularly in the more remote parts of the West of Scotland.
Saturday 7 June 2008
Friday 6 June 2008
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