Busy River Clyde Today

A nice bright day today - a welcome relief from the recent winds and rain.

The river was very busy today and I've documented a few as they passed the area around Port Glasgow.

 Lysblink Seaways at Inchgreen Repair Quay

 Semaphore Signal

  HMS Argyll Passing Langbank

  HMS Argyll with Tugs Astern

  HMS Argyll

 HMS Argyll Heads out to Sea

 Eva Maria Muller Bound for Glasgow

  Forth Explorer

 Forth Explorer

 SD Eva

 Great Harbour

 Mount Stuart

 Muro Bound for Glasgow

Mount Stuart and Muro Passing Port Glasgow

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Ocean Reliance at Greenock

A very short Blog today as I attended a friend's funeral in Lanarkshire.

Arrived back in Inverclyde just in time to catch the Ocean Reliance as she arrived.

Very pleased as this is her first visit here.

 Passing Esplanade

 Approaching Ocean Terminal

Ocean Reliance

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Lots Happening Around Greenock Docks Today

Today was always going to be busy on the River Clyde, and Greenock docks.

Started when I got the bulk carrier 'Panorea' as she passed Port Glasgow bound for Glasgow.

Then back home I caught the tanker 'Furenas' as she headed upriver to Rothesay Dock in Clydebank.

Then down to the docks and with thanks to the owner of 'MV Saturn' - Andrew - I got some shots as she left the Garvel dry dock and went around to the James Watt Dock to berth for more maintenance work.

The tall ship 'Stavros S Niarchos' completed the same short journey.

We also had tugs and the SEPA vessel 'Minna' arrive at the James Watt Dock.

A selection of images follows.

 Panoreas

 Furenas

 MV Saturn

Stavros S Niarchos

 MV Saturn

 Preparing to Exit

 Stavros in Dock

MV Saturn

MV Saturn

 Fishing Vessel 'Sordyroy' 

 Minna

 Clyde Pilot

Ayton Cross

 Crew Aboard the Stavros

Tug Assisting MV Saturn

Beaver Bay Towing MV Saturn 

 MV Saturn Wheelhouse

Clyde Marine Tugs

Minna

Stavros Exists the Garvel Dry Dock

Tugs Assisting the Stavros

 MV Saturn

MV Saturn

 Beaver Bay Towing MV Saturn

Beaver Bay Towing MV Saturn

From the Wheelhouse of MV Saturn

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HMS Argyll - River Clyde

HMS Argyll passed Greenock this morning on her way upriver to the KGV docks in Glasgow. This is her first visit in five years.

She is the longest serving type-23 frigate in the Royal Navy fleet.

Originally built at Yarrows up in Scotstoun she was launched in 1989 and commissioned in 1991. 

Last year she completed a successful deployment to the Caribbean where £77 million worth of drugs were seized with her assistance.

Earlier this year she tracked a Russian frigate off the coast of France and monitored her movement through the English Channel.

HMS Argyll, a Type 23 frigate fitted with advanced Artisan radar, used her Lynx helicopter and sensors to locate and monitor the movement of the Russian warship as she returned from a Mediterranean deployment.

HMS Argyll is expected to slip her berth at 11:00 on Tuesday next week.

Thereafter she enters a period of maintenance to repair and enhance systems and the hull.


Approaching Greenock


Passing Greenock Bound for Glasgow

Passing East India Harbour

 Glasgow Bound

 MOD Police Escort

 Lookout

Flags in the Wind

Approaching KGV Docks in Glasgow 

Friendly Wave for Glasgow

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