Ark Royal’s farewell to the Clyde
08.30 17th November 2010: Ark Royal may have been disarmed but the old warrior can still command attention.Loch Long is full of activity.MV Steersman, the oil tanker that went up to Finart yesterday is...
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Section of Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier leaves Clyde for Rosyth
(Position updates 20th August below) The first and mid section of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, built at BAE Systems at Govan on the Clyde, passed below the Erskine Bridge this afternoon (16th...
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Queen Mary 2 and Svitzer Milford: tugging at the heart strings
This photograph sums it all up – on the Svitzer Marine tug, Milford, looking from her bridge at Queen Mary 2, Cunard’s quite beautiful new liner looming up to Greenock’s Ocean Terminal this morning...
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Shot from Svitzer Milford, John Patrick’s video hears from her master, David Allan, as the liner comes in to Greenock’s Ocean Terminal.
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Still hurting after 8th December storms
This – and a second yacht a few metres away, were torn from their moorings in the bay at Connel, just west of the Connel Bridge and are still lying aground just below the road.The owners of one of the...
View ArticleConundrum in Yeoman Bank’s anchoring off Machrihanish
[Updated below - 18.00 3rd April] This may well be a practical matter related to the berth at Glensanda Quarry – but the bulk carrier, Yeoman Bank made a clearly unscheduled change to her sailing plan...
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