A parade of barges to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the re opening of the Forth and Clyde canal,the barges are seen here leaving from Speirs Wharf Glasgow on the 24 Sep 2011
Having departed the BAE systems shipyard at 0700 on Friday the 21 October,Defender sailed down the Clyde on a grim dull rainy day to start her first set of sea trials.
I have no special knowledge of shipping matters,there are other sites which will give you the low down on all the technical stuff. I am just an amateur photographer who enjoys taking photographs of ships and boats,The Firth of Clyde is a tremendously scenic place and I hope some of this comes through in my photographs.
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If you would like to contact me,my email address is: gerrardward@googlemail.com