HMS Defender

Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender berthed at KGV Glasgow,open day for the public.

Click HERE fora video of her on sea trials.

Ice Runner

Ice Runner arriving at Greenock,she required the attendance of two Svitzer tugs to berth as she was battling against stong SW winds up to 50mph.

Diving

Preparing to take the plunge,Largs

Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow ship sculpture.

Grampion Falcon

Grampion Falcon a stand by saftey vesel from the North Star fleet,probably worked out of Peterhead or Aberdeen harbour,she has been sold out the fleet.
She is seen here at Fergusons ship yard at Port Glasgow.

HMS Raider

HMS Raider is one of two P2000 patrol boats that form the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron (FPBS).  Formed in March 2010, the Squadron provides Force Protection in and around Faslane, Scotland. The squadron originally consisted of HMS Dasher and HMS Pursuer however, in September 2012 these were replaced by HMS Tracker and HMS Raider.

Cloch Lighthouse.

Energiser

Departing from Greenock Container terminal .

Mount Stuart

Clyde Ports pilot boat Mount Stuart encountering bad weather.

Amber Trader

Jubilee Hope

Jubilee Hope seen at Plantation Quay on the evenimg of her departure,she belongs to the vine trust a charity which helps deliver health care to the poor in some of the worlds most isolated places.
She was starting her journey of over 8500 miles to Lake Victoria in Africa.