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Monday 1 October 2012

AMT Trader












AMT Trader being prepared at Fergusons ship yard in Port Glasgow for her journey to BAE systems ship yard in Govan.

She will be loaded with the second module built at Govan of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier,it will be towed by tug to Rosyth in Edinburgh where it is being assembled.

Click HERE for pictures of her being loaded with the first module built at Govan.

Saturday 29 September 2012

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Wisby Verity












Wisby Verity a tanker heading for Rothesay Dock .

Saturday 22 September 2012

Wednesday 19 September 2012

HDMS Esbern Snare (L17)













HDMS Esbern Snare (L17) is an Absalon-class support ship and is along with her sister ship, the HDMS Absalon (L16), the largest combat vessel currently commissioned in the Royal Danish Navy.

The Esbern Snare was involved in the Beluga Nomination Incident, when she and the Seychelles Coast Guard patrol boat engaged in a failed rescue operation which left four or five Somali pirates and civilians dead. Later she captured a mother ship on 12 February 2011, capturing sixteen pirates and their weapons, as well as freeing two hostages held by the pirates. While patrolling on 12 May 2011 she encountered the pirated dhow NN Iran and attacked it, killing four pirates and wounding ten. Sixteen Iranian hostages were rescued and 24 pirates captured, but the dhow was in a sinking condition and had to be abandoned.

For pictures of HDMS Absalon arriving in Glasgow click HERE and passing the Gantocks click HERE.

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Monday 17 September 2012