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Sunday 24 May 2015

Queen Mary 2








Waiting for Cunards Queen Mary to depart Greenock.

Click HERE for pictures of her arriving at Greenock.

Friday 22 May 2015

Deo Gloria










Deo Gloria,a Dutch hopper dredger arriving in Glasgow to dredge the Govan ship yard.

Saturday 16 May 2015

Cameron




Cameron working on buoys for the Royal Navy at the entrance to the Gareloch.

Thursday 14 May 2015

Quadrant Tower, Dunure





Quadrant Tower, Dunure. A relic from word war 11,its exact purpose is open to some debate,perhaps used for planes returning to nearby Turnberry airfield.

Tuesday 12 May 2015

Eraclea




Eraclea powerful seagoing tug which was used to take parts of the aircraft carrier built at Govan to Rosyth on the east coast.

Click HERE for pictures and video of aircraft carrier move.

Saturday 9 May 2015

Alador


Alador passing Old Kilpatrick on her way to Glasgow as part of the Commonwealth Flotilla.

Thursday 7 May 2015

Gnist P965





Skjold-class corvettes (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian) are a class of six large, superfast, stealth missile craft in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. The boats were formerly classed as MTBs (motor torpedo boats) but, from 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy has described them as corvettes (korvett) because their seaworthiness is seen as comparable to corvettes, and because they do not carry torpedoes. They were built at the Umoe Mandal yard. Although the Skjold-class corvettes remain the fastest armed craft in the world with 60 knots

Sunday 3 May 2015

Sound of Seil



Sound of Seil making her way to Dunoon through the winter gloom.