Search This Blog
Sunday 31 August 2008
Largs Bay
Largs Bay visited Largs for the Viking festival 2008
Built by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne, RFA Largs Bay (L3006), is one of four Bay Class Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) or LSD(A), which are the replacement ships for the Sir Galahad Class LSL’s. At over 16,000 tonnes full load, the Bay Class are much larger, more capable, more flexible and have over twice the capacity of the ships they are replacing.
Westland Lynx helocopter is XZ733, 215 Flight out of 815 Squadron, Yeovil.
Saturday 30 August 2008
Thursday 28 August 2008
Flying Phantom
The Flying Phantom was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow 1981.
She is seen here returning to James Watt Dock.
The Flying Phantom sank on the evening of 19 December 2007 with the loss of three lives.
The tug was escorting the 39738 grt bulk carrier RED JASMINE to Shieldhall with a cargo of animal feed and got into difficulty near Rothesay Dock Clydebank as the vessels made their way up river to Shieldhall.
Wednesday 27 August 2008
Lochnevis
Tuesday 26 August 2008
Monday 25 August 2008
Sunday 24 August 2008
Saturday 23 August 2008
St Mungo on the Clyde
St Mungo is a popular sight on the upper reaches of the Clyde,she is seen most days going about her business of keeping the river clean of flotsam and jetsam and to assist in riverbank clean up.
The Water Witch Engineering Company designed and built St Mungo.
Friday 22 August 2008
Wednesday 20 August 2008
HMCC Seeker
HMCC "Seeker" cost more than 4m to build and has advanced tracking, navigation and surveillance equipment.
The cutter is the first vessel to be built for Customs and Excise by Damen Shipyards, Holland, in the 42-metre class.
HMCC Seeker is a development of the earlier Damen Stan Patrol 4100 produced for the Netherlands, Antilles and Aruba Coastguard under contract from the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The cutters operate in British and international waters.
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Monday 18 August 2008
HMS Daring and SD Oilpress
HMS Daring being fuelled before she leaves on her third set of sea trials.
Sunday 17 August 2008
Saturday 16 August 2008
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)