Q Varl

 Q Varl BM 29 at Girvan Harbour having been on the slip at Nobles boat yard.

The North Eastern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (NEIFCA) has successfully prosecuted  the owner of scallop dredging vessel Qvarl BM 29 for multiple breaches of local scallop dredging regulations and national fisheries legislation, detected off the Yorkshire coast.

John MacAlister also appeared as a director to represent the company Q Varl Fishing Co Ltd of the Terrace, Torquay that was also ordered to pay £17,310 in fines and associated costs relating to two similar offences committed by the fishing vessel Q Varl BM 29 between 27 May and 4 June 2019.

SD Warden

 SD Warden is a Serco Marine vessel and the largest vessel operated from Kyle to operate on the BUTEC range. It is the host vessel for the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and is also used to recover torpedoes.

She is seen here at James Watt Dock undergoing her winter check up. 

Willpower

The tug Willpower towing a barge up the Clyde to Rothesay  Dock.

Sound of Soay

 Sound of Soay at James Watt Dock for her winter check up.

Waverley

 Waverley moored at Glasgow science centre for the winter months.

HMS Hurworth

 HMS Hurworth is a Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessel.

MV Lochinvar

 MV Lochinvar at Garvel drydock Greenock.

Her name comes from and 1808 poem by Sir Walter Scott. MV Lochinvar was launched on 23 May 2013 at Ferguson Shipbuilders in Port Glasgow

Ardrosson

 

Ardrossan Harbour control tower, no longer in use.

WESTERN FERRY FEB 2024

Dunoon Ferry

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn24rErndgA

Silver Lining III

 Silver lining III at Campbeltown

CAILEAG NA MARA

 CAILEAG NA MARA  arriving in Tarbert.

MV Kungsholm

 MV Kungsholm was built in 1966 by the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland as a combined ocean liner / cruise ship for the Swedish American Line. She was later rebuilt as a full-time cruise ship sailing under the names MV Sea Princess, MV Victoria, MV Oceanic II and MV Mona Lisa. In September 2010 she was retired from service as she did not fulfil requirements to SOLAS 2010, becoming the floating hotel Veronica, before being scrapped in 2016.

Info courtesy of Wikipedia

Ardnadam Pier

 

Ardnadam Pier on the Holy Loch is 160 meters long and is the longest pier on the Firth of Clyde.

It was built in 1858 and was a traditional steamer pier and was an important link to Glasgow for the remote communities around the Holy Loch.

The Royal Navy established a base here during WW2, traffic greatly reduced after the war, but its fortune changed in 1961 when the American US Polaris submarines were based in the Loch.

The navy base was very controversial at the time and a lot of protests and demonstrations took place over the years.

The base closed in 1992. 

HIGHLAND PRESTIGE

 HIGHLAND PRESTIGE (IMO: 9364021) is a Offshore Supply Ship and is sailing under the flag of United Kingdom. Her length overall (LOA) is 86.6 meters and her width is 19.03 meters.

Photographed in Aberdeen.

Greenan Castle Ayr

Poised on the very edge of the South-Ayrshire coast, the now-ruinous skeleton of Greenan Castle nevertheless retains much of its imposing grandeur. Ideally situated for anticipating enemy attacks from the sea, in 1601 the fortification was actually the site of inter-clan fighting, ambush and murder. The execution of Sir Thomas Kennedy in the woods outside Greenan Castle formed the basis for 'An Ayrshire Tragedty', a short play by Sir Walter Scott.

Info courtesy of  https://ayrshireandarran.com/

Crystal Stream LH147

 Crystal Stream LH147 Leith Registered boat at Nobles boat yard Girvan.

MV Sleat

 MV Sleat was formally  known as 'Sound of Sleat' when she was the Dunoon  ferry operated  by Western Ferries. 

Now owned by the Professional Diving Academy in Dunoon as a diver training vessel, she is anchored permanently in the Holy Loch.