Dragon

Dragon will be the Royal Navy's 4th type 45 destroyer when its launched in November 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.

Chuetsu Maru

Chuetsu Maru on her way to Sheildhall in Glasgow with a cargo of animal feed.

Chuetsu Maru

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.

Lochnevis

Loch Nevis seen in James Watt Dock.
Built: 2000
Cost: £5.500.000


Launched: 5/8/2000

DIMENSIONS:
Length: 49.2m
Breadth: 11.4m
Draught:
Gross tonnage: 941

CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 190
Cars: 14
Crew: 0
Lifeboats: 1

TECHNICAL:
Builders: Ailsa Shipbuilding, Troon

She is situated at Mallaig.

Cloch Light House and MV Arran

A postcard from the mid seventies, can anybody name the ferry?

MV Jupiter

Jupiter heading back to Gourock.

True Blue

Seen in the bay at Rothsay Isle of Bute.

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.

MV Saturn

MV Saturn arriving at Ardrossan.

HMCC SEEKER

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.

Waverley HMS Daring

Waverley passing The Royal Navy's newest destroyer HMS Daring.

HMS Daring and SD Oilpress

HMS Daring being fuelled before she leaves on her third set of sea trials.

Piper Championships

Piper Championships at Royal Gourock Yacht Club.

Photographs taken on Saturday the 17 August.

Gourock Royal Yacht Club