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Engagement 8,700+

Since Listed as GROSSNORDSEE from 2023 ( Germany )

In home waters of the Forth with the iconic now World Heritage 19th century Forth Bridge and a train as a backdrop , we see the now former Forth Ports Tug 'Dalmeny' heading westbound upstream making for the Port of Rosyth.

VESSEL BUILDER
Constructed in 1994 Zumaia Spain
by Astilleros Balenciaga
449grt

IMO 9067271
Previous Naming History
1994-2023 > DALMENY ( 29 Years )

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Engagement 7,600+

Away out in the Highland Moors , Dava Moor to be exact. No houses or wind turbines for miles around to spoil this pristine but desolate scene , just don't stand on an Adder!

This narrow-road route with 'Passing Places' exits the A9 Trunk just north of the winter Ski town of Aviemore and cuts out Inverness if you are heading east but virtually impassable in a harsh winter with red snow gates "Road Closed" at either end. The water in the background is Lochinborb

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Engagement 3,200+


Outbound River Clyde 'Parade of Sail' for Sea
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Full sheets set whilst visiting the Clyde as part of the International Tall Ships Race to Greenock.

VESSEL BUILDER
Constructed in 1920 Kiel Germany
by HDW Shipyard
As a Transport Steamship for the herring trade.
Converted into a Topsail Schooner 2010

IMO 5126718
Previous Naming History
1920 > URSULA
1920-1939 > BROMBERG ( 19 Years )
1939-1949 > HARRIET ( 10 Years )
1949-1960 > ARE ( 11 Years )
1960-1974 > GAUPOY ( 14 Years )
1974-2009 > JEMO ( 35 Years )

July 12th 2011

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Engagement 4,900+

Back in Clyde Home Waters 2016 After decades of absence


If there was ever an appropriate elderly ship to rescue from the hands of the Breaker's it must have been the 83-year old veteran Clyde Turbine Steamer TS Queen Mary (IMO 5287952)
Constructed in 1933 at Denny at Dumbarton
Not long before the Cunard Liner RMS Queen Mary left her slip at John Brown's in Clydebank.

After being at her long-term berth on the Thames Embankment in London as a static restaurant ship , she was moved under tow downstream to Tilbury Docks back in 2009 where she languished for the next 8 years and always under threat of the 'Cutter's Torch'.

In a bold plan , the new charitable organisation #FriendsofTSQueenMary masterminded their audacious purchase just as the 'wrecking ball' was rumoured.

She is pictured having arrived on the river of her birth with tow lines fore & aft on a super sunny May afternoon as she is about to be berthed within James Watt Dock in Greenock for the first time in decades. After a few weeks she was towed further up the River Clyde to Glasgow for safekeeping and berthed under the Science Tower.

She went on to have her 87th Anniversay in 2020

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Engagement 4,400+

Upper River Clyde Glasgow-bound from Sea

On an uninspiring grey overcast day on the Clyde the 44-year old Deutche Marine Auxiliary Oiler RHON making her way up the Clyde

VESSEL BUILDER
Constructed in 1974 Rendsburg Germany
by Kroger Werft

IMO 7362061
Previous Naming History
1974-1982 > OKENE ( In Merchant Service 8 Years )

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