HMS Dauntless

Dauntless about to start her short journey to wet dock,she was taken downriver first to be turned at King George V dock,then it was back up river to the wet dock for her fitting out.








































The caisson was manoeuvred into place by Battler.








The fifth and current ship to bear the name Dauntless, and the Royal Navy’s second Type 45 destroyer, was launched on 23 January 2007 by the Ship’s Sponsor, Lady Mary Burnell-Nugent, and is currently in dock at BAE Systems, Scotstoun, Glasgow, undergoing extensive fitting out.

Dauntless is due to start her first sea trials in November 2008.


This collection of photographs was taken on the 24 January 2007,the day after her launch,after the launch she spent the night at the deep water facility at Scotstoun,the following day she was manoeuvred into the wet dock at the Scotstoun yard.

Largs

Ocean Majesty

Ocean Majesty departing the Clyde on the 8th of August 20008

Caledonian Isles

Caledonian Isles leaving Ardrossan Harbour.

Passengers: 1000
Cars: 110
Crew: 26
Lifeboats: 3 rigid boats, 1 RIB fast rescue craft and inflatable liferafts

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: Richards Shipbuilders, Lowestoft
Yard No: 589
Engine Builders: Mirlees Blackstone Ltd, Stockport
Machinery: Bow Thruster: Caterpillar Diesels approx 700HP

Agdash

Agdash heading up to Rothsey Dock with cargo of Oil.

A.B. VALENCIA

A.B. VALENCIA arriving in Glasgow to collect scrap metal from Shieldhall.

Ocean Majesty

The Ocean Majesty was built in 1966 in Spain as a Ro-Ro ferry and was converted to a cruise ship in 1994. She is 135.3 metres in length, and is 10,417 gross tons. She carries a maximum of 621 passengers.

The ship was involved in a collision in August 2007,when the ship slipped her anchor and collided with the cruise liner Thomson Spirit,the Thomson spirit was undamaged and was able to continue but the passengers on-board Ocean Majesty had to be evacuated.

MV Jupiter