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Monday 17 December 2018

Saturday 15 December 2018

Monday 10 December 2018

HMS Ramsey M110



HMS Ramsey is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. Like other vessels of the Sandown class, Ramsey is built of glass-reinforced plastic and other non-magnetic materials so that her hull does not trigger mines as easily as standard warships

Friday 7 December 2018

MTS Vangaurd








MTS Vangaurd towing DINA heavy lift cargo barge,she is used for launching ships by BAE.


Tuesday 4 December 2018

MV Coruisk






MV Coruisk sailing from Gourock to Dunoon during the winter months,on loan from Cal Mac [Scottish Goverment]she is not allowed to carry vehicles.

Monday 3 December 2018

Smit Don







SMIT DON is a Training ship built in 2003 by BABCOCK ROSYTH - ROSYTH, U.K..
She is seen here at James Watt Dock.

Thursday 29 November 2018

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Spartin






SPARTAN (ex-VIC 18) was built by J. Hay & Sons, Kirkintilloch, in 1940. VIC 18 was the only VIC known to have been built in a Scottish yard. After the war, she was sold to her builders, who also operated a puffer fleet, on 24 September 1946, and renamed SPARTAN. She was employed in carrying coal and general cargoes around the Firth of Clyde and as far as Mull, Iona and Islay. She was motorised with a Scantia diesel in 1961, and remained in the puffer trade - owned from 1974 by the Glenlight Shipping Company, an associated company of J. Hay. In 1980, she was withdrawn and laid up at Bowlingham, before being acquired in 1982 by the enthusiast group the West of Scotland Boat Museum Association. In 1983, she became a museum exhibit at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, North Ayrshire. Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships