St Albans

HMS St Albans (F83) is a Type 23 Frigate of the Royal Navy ,she is the sixth ship to bear the name and is the sixteenth and final ship in the Duke class of frigates.

The ship was launched on the River Clyde on Saturday 6 May 2000. She was built at BAE Systems Yarrows Yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow.

On the 27 October 2002, before she had even entered operational service, HMS St Albans was struck by the P&O ferry Pride of Portsmouth when gale force winds pushed the ferry into the ship whilst secure on her berth in Portsmouth. HMS St Albans suffered damage to the gun deck; the sea boat supports (davits) and the bridge wing. However, no members of the crew were injured.

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) is a ship of the Karel Doorman class of multi-purpose frigates (also known as "M-fregat" class) of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built by the shipyard Koninklijke Schelde Groep in Vlissingen. The ship is named after the dutch Commandeur Jan van Amstel.

In 1995 it assisted in the response after Hurricane Luis at the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. It was also deployed in a multinational force in the Oman Sea in 2001/2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2005 it assisted in the Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina.

She is seen here arriving in Glasgow.

Fgs Berlin (A1411)

The Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine (German Navy). In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a replenishment oiler.

They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports. The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services. The ships are named after German cities where German parliaments were placed.

Information courtesy of wikipedia

HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)

You can see a video of her on a previous visit HERE

Fs Latouche Treville (D646)

French destroyer.

BNS Leopold I F 930

Belgium navy ship heading for Glasgow.

Cloch

Clydeport authority pilot boat.

HMS Dasher P280

Patrol boat Dasher passing HMS Astute on way down the Clyde.

MV Saturn

Saturn on the Gourock to Dunoon route,taken on a beautiful spring morning,the sun has not quite burnt off the early morning mist.