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On Châtelet beach, located between Wissant and Cap Gris Nez (Opal Coast), you can observe the wreck of the Lord Grey, a 37 m trawler requisitioned in 1915 by the British army and used as a minesweeper. On December 2, 1917, during a storm, the ship ran aground and has been on the beach since, emerging from the sea at low tide.
On Châtelet beach, located between Wissant and Cap Gris Nez (Opal Coast), you can observe the wreck of the Lord Grey, a 37 m trawler requisitioned in 1915 by the British army and used as a minesweeper. On December 2, 1917, during a storm, the ship ran aground and has been on the beach since, emerging from the sea at low tide.
" So Ill sing farewell to Carlingford,
And farewell to Green.......ore
And Ill think of you both day and night,
Until I return once more,
Until I return once more "
[ Tommy Makem ]
The morning light breaks out over Carlingford Lough and The Mournes, Ireland.
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This area is one of my most favourite and never more so than now as if we end up with a border it will be right down the centre of this beautiful lough. There was a minesweeper here during the troubles.Can you imagine!!! Enough. No more!! Good people always win through in the end!!
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On Châtelet beach, located between Wissant and Cap Gris Nez (Opal Coast), you can observe the wreck of the Lord Grey, a 37 m trawler requisitioned in 1915 by the British army and used as a minesweeper. On December 2, 1917, during a storm, the ship ran aground and has been on the beach since, emerging from the sea at low tide.
Von großen und kleinen Schrauben (Schiffsschraube)
Fairplay IX (1910): 1910 auf der Werft von Janssen & Schmilinsky erbaut, 74 BRT und 250 kW (ca. 340 PS). 1914 wurde sie von der Kaiserlichen Marine eingezogen und zunächst bei der Hilfsminensuchdivision Cuxhaven der Hafenflottille der Elbe, ab 1918 als Sperrverkehrsfahrzeug eingesetzt.
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Of large and small screws (ship's propeller)
Fairplay IX (1910): Built in 1910 at the Janssen & Schmilinsky shipyard, 74 GRT and 250 kW (approx. 340 hp). In 1914 it was drafted into the Imperial Navy and initially used by the Cuxhaven auxiliary minesweeper division of the Elbe port flotilla, from 1918 as a restricted traffic vehicle.
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The former HMCS Cowichan a Bay Class Minesweeper later employed as a training ship. She was taken out of service in 1997. As in the case of too many former government ships the plan to convert her to private service fell through. She has languished in Sooke for many years. Rumored that she may soon be broken up.
The Church of England parish church of All Saints is of flint and stone, partly rendered, with a west tower. It was begun in the 13th century and the chancel arch survives from that time. The building was enlarged in the 15th century and the south porch was added in the 16th. There is a 12th-century font, mounted on a shaft and base from a restoration undertaken in 1903.
Of the six bells in the tower, three are 17th-century and three are from 1903. The church has a memorial window for HMS Fittleton, a minesweeper of the Royal Naval Reserve which sunk in the North Sea in 1976 with the loss of twelve lives.
The church was designated as Grade II* listed in 1964.
Pasewalk (GS05) was a Kondor I-class minesweeper built in East Germany. After the Volksmarine was disbanded just before the reunification of Germany, she was sold to Malta in 1992 and renamed P31 and was used as a patrol boat. After being decommissioned, she was scuttled as a dive site in 2009 off Comino
HSwMS M 20 was a minesweeper that served in the Swedish Navy. Built in 1941 of mahogany on a steel frame, M 20 represents legendary shipbuilding and was in service from 1941 until 2005. Decommissioned in 2005 she is now owned by SMM and operated and maintained by the association "Föreningen M 20". Wikipedia
Hellevoetsluis habor, the Netherlands
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Another shot from my visit to the Swale Estuary a couple of years ago. This one at a slightly lower tide height than my previous edit. Decided on a 16:9 crop to lose some of the sky.
Porteau Cove is a Provincial Marine Park, and a terrific scuba diving spot. This diver’s ‘playground’ is a favorite of many locals. Its easy beach access, man made reefs, and wall dive make it an ideal dive spot for divers of all levels. In 1981 Porteau Cove was established as BC’s first underwater park. The water is fairly shallow until you reach the reef, and there are 3 sunken ships to explore. The largest ship, the Nakaya, is a former WWII minesweeper, and sits about 90ft down depending on the tide. Most of the man made reef and the other two smaller vessels sit about 30-60ft down. [...]. There are over 100 species of marine life in the Cove, including octopi, ling cod and plumose anemone.
6.54 sec. YouTube video re. Porteau Cove scuba dive, wreck Granthall, big friendly Octupus
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HMAS Castlemaine is a WWII minesweeper vessel that is now used as a museum ship sand is permanently moored at Gem Pier in Williamstown.
I have, after years of successfully avoiding it, finally been gotten by the dreaded COVID, so please excuse some slowness in getting to all your images.
PS Waverley, leaving Llandudno Pier.
PS Waverley Coordinates... 53°19′54″N 3°49′30″W
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the British coast.
Since 2003, Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance".
PS Waverley is named after Sir Walter Scott's first novel. She was built in 1946 to replace a PS Waverley that was built in 1899, served in the Second World War as a minesweeper and was sunk in 1940 while helping to evacuate troops from Dunkirk. Shipbuilders A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow launched the new 693 ton steamer in October 1946. She joined the London and North Eastern Railway Clyde paddle steamer fleet of Lucy Ashton, Jeanie Deans and Talisman in June 1947, entering service working the LNER's Firth of Clyde steamer route from Craigendoran Pier, near Helensburgh, up Loch Long to Arrochar. In her first year in service, she wore that company's red, white and black funnel colours.
Llandudno Pier is a Grade II* listed pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno, North Wales, United Kingdom. At 2,295 feet (700 m), the pier is the longest in Wales and the fifth longest in England and Wales. In 2005, was voted "Pier of the Year 2005" by the members of the National Piers Society.
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The stern end of the HMCS Cowichan 162, once a Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper. She currently rests at Coopers Cove, Sooke, B.C.
I see a smiling face there!
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On the decommissioned Royal Canadian Navy Minesweeper HMCS Cowichan 162, currently moored at Coopers Cove.
Sooke, B.C.
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Europe, The Netherlands, Friesland, Harns/Harlingen, Wad, Waddendijk, Nieuwe Willemshaven, Terschellinger Bank, Lightship 8 (uncut)
Shot from the Waddendijk towards the Nieuwe Willemshaven with, in the BG, a former Navy Minesweeper, the freight ferry 'Terschellingerbank' (1954 - built as 'Bremerhaven' for the Bremerhaven - Nordenham service, now operated by Rederij Waddenstransport) and the lightship Jenni Baynton (aka Light Vessel 8) with its characteristic transmission tower, from the time (between 2005 and 2015) when it was used as radio ship 'Radio Waddenzee’. Behind it, is the Harlingen lighthouse (1922, Otto Jelsma). Btw: the Terschellingerbank towed the Jenni Baynton to her current berth.
This is number 16 of the Harns/Harlingen album and 51 of Naar het Noorden.
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From the Bay City, Michigan Tall Ship Festival.
Picton Castle was originally built as a motorized fishing trawler in 1928. She was built along with four other trawlers for the same company and operated out of Swansea, Wales. The ship was named after the Welsh castle of the same name.
In August 1939, the Royal Navy requisitioned the trawler for use in World War II and refit her as a minesweeper during the Second World War. Following World War II, the ship was renamed Dolmar and worked as a freighter in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
During the early 1990s, Daniel Moreland acquired the ship while seeking a vessel to convert to a barque. With the help of a small crew he brought her across the Atlantic Ocean, eventually ending up in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where she began her multimillion-dollar refit. Picton Castle is still captained by Daniel Moreland.
Picton Castle's first world circumnavigation voyage took place from 1997-1999. She has since sailed around the world six more times, for a total of seven global circumnavigations.
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The yellow and white buoys in the panorama mark the location of the wrecks etc, in the underwater park.
Porteau Cove is a Provincial Marine Park, and a terrific scuba diving spot. This diver’s ‘playground’ is a favorite of many locals. Its easy beach access, man made reefs, and wall dive make it an ideal dive spot for divers of all levels. In 1981 Porteau Cove was established as BC’s first underwater park.
The water is fairly shallow until you reach the reef, and there are 3 sunken ships to explore. The largest ship, the Nakaya, is a former WWII minesweeper, and sits about 90ft down depending on the tide. Most of the man made reef and the other two smaller vessels sit about 30-60ft down.
Aside from the ships, there is a ‘jungle gym’ made of iron bars, and tires which attract a myriad of aquatic life. BC Parks has a great dive map, that shows the location of the 3 shipwrecks, as well as other points of interest. There are over 100 species of marine life in the Cove, including octopi, ling cod and plumose anemone. www.outdoorvancouver.ca/featured-dive-site-porteau-cove/
Porteau Cove is located on the Howe Sound, the most southerly fjord in North America, 38 km north of Vancouver on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, 20 km south of Squamish, 8.5 km south of Britannia Beach. Wikipedia
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Karlskrona, Sweden
1940 minesweeper Bremon
Missile boat, Vastervik
Some fascinating historical information can be found on San Diego’s Embarcadero, right next to Tuna Harbor where many commercial fishing boats dock downtown. The sign, erected by the San Diego Port Commission in 2008, is titled Tuna Fleet Service World War II (1941-1945). It provides a glimpse of how dozens of San Diego-based Tuna Clippers joined the American war effort during the Second World War.
Here is the text on the sign:
During World War II, 600 fishing vessels were taken by the Navy, Army, and Coast Guard, including 52 “Tuna Clippers”.
On Pearl Harbor Day, the U.S. canned tuna industry was located almost exclusively in Southern California, and canners received most of their tunas from “baitboats”. Fishermen on these boats chum live bait (sardines, anchovies) to attract the tunas into a feeding frenzy and then use rigged bamboo poles to pull the hooked tunas aboard. Dating from 1924, a fleet of large “baitboats” was developed and became know as “Tuna Clippers”. These large ships, equipped with powerful diesel engines and newly developed brine refrigeration, fished for tunas found migrating thousands of miles from San Diego on trips of 90 days or more. During the 1930s, this San Diego high seas fleet was studied by the U.S. Navy, resulting in wartime plans that included the conversion of Tuna Clippers to minesweepers.
The once Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper HMCS Cowichan 162, resting at Coopers Cove, Sooke, B.C.
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A pair of oceangoing minesweepers underway. It's calm day on the Atlantic Ocean. Taken from the USS Impervious (MSO 449). An old photo out of the shoebox. Shot with a Canon TX 35mm film camera. Explored 10/2/21. #Minesweepers #326 #underway #USN #MSO449 #U.S.Navy
" When I was young and in my prime,
And could wander wild and free,
There was always a longing in my mind,
For to follow the call of the sea,
So Ill sing farewell to Carlingford,
And farewell to Greenore,
And Ill think of you both day and night,
Until I return once more,
Until I return once more,
Now I had a girl called Mary Doyle,
And she lived in Greenore,
And the foremost thought that was in her mind,
Was to keep me safe on the shore,
For a landsmans life it is all his own,
He can go or he can stay,
But when the sea it gets in your blood,
Its a call you must obey,
So Ill sing farewell to Carlingford,
And farewell to Greenore,
And Ill think of you both day and night,
Until I return once more,
Until I return once more "
{Tommy Makem}
The pretty town of Carlingford lies on the Cooley peninsula, surrounded by the mountains of the same name, in Co.Louth, close to the border in the Irish Republic.
Founded by the vikings, its Norse name is " Kerlingfjoror "
which means a narrow inlet or sea hag.
The view is looking north across the ford towards the Mournes and Greencastle, Co. Down. The invisible border between North and South, runs down the centre of the lough. It has been invisible for 20 years and gone are the troops and the minesweepers patroling the lough on both sides, thanks to wonderful work and effort of the Irish and British governments, and the people who forgave so much to try and bring a lasting peace.
Lets hope that good sense prevails as I dont know anyone, north or south who wants a border on our island and what that could imply. 3500 died because of the trouble and it was not worth one drop of human blood.. Never again!!! There is no one here who hasnt been affected by it, myself included.
The ferry travels daily across the lough from Greenore to Greencastle and lots of tourists, cyclists and walkers go this way to exlore the area.
I intend to get back there in the Spring as I want to see so much more of this llittle known gem.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlingford,_County_Louth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenore
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greencastle,_County_Down
visitcarlingford.com/portfolio/carlingford-ferry/
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The once majestic three-master built at the British shipyard Heald & McKenzie from Buckie served as a minesweeper in the middle of the last century under the name "Hr. Ms. Marken II ". The ship was then loaned to the Zeekadettenkorps Nederland as a youth base for sea explorers.
In 1977 it was sold and converted into a proud three-masted Barkentine and got its current name. It was used for day trips at the IJsselmeer. In 2002 she suffered damage during a storm in Muiden and has since perished in the same place
The wreck has been an eyesore for the municipality of Gooise Meren for years. They prefer to see it disappear as soon as possible. But that 'as soon as possible' does not get along since it has been 18 years since. In the meantime, the ship is crumbling further and further: every storm increases the damage.
ARMADA ESPAÑOLA / SPANISH NAVY.
PUERTO DE SEVILLA / PORT OF SEVILLE
(BEST SEEN IN FULL SCREEN MODE FOR SMALL DETAILS)
Wrecksea of Ruby Submarine, Cap Camarat, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. 🌊🇫🇷🌏
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🇦🇮The wreck of the Ruby submarine is an exceptional dive in the Mediterranean sea, located at Cap Camarat, between Cavalaire and St Tropez. The wreck rests at 40 m on a sandy bottom. She is very well preserved and her straight position on her keel makes her majestic especially on the bow.
The Ruby is a minelayer submarine, launched in Toulon in 1931. Measuring 66 m long, 7 m wide and 8 m high, it was armed with a 75 gun, two 13 mm machine guns and it could wet up to 32 mines. This submarine was equipped with a 3900 HP Vickers-Armstrong engine allowing it a speed of 8 knots while diving and 12 on the surface. The Rubis could descend to 50 meters, and navigate in periscopic immersion up to 15 meters with a crew of 45 men.
After serving in Norway, he came as reinforcements in the Mediterranean sea and in Scotland during the Second World War. On June 8, 1945, he returned to Oran where he was decommissioned and used as an instruction ship until 1950, then transformed into a submarine base. The Rubis emerged intact from the war, which for this type of boat is quite an achievement. In 1945 the results of the submarine are eloquent: 28 missions, 683 mines dropped, 15 ships, 7 minesweepers, 1 freighter of 4360 tons sunk, a damaged U-BOOT.
On January 31, 1958 it was towed 2600 meters from Cap Camarat. Commander Riffaud places the 9 kg charge, and blows up the rear of the Rubis, which sinks to a depth of 40 m for its last trip.
🇫🇷 L’épave du sous-marin Rubis est une plongée exceptionnelle en Méditerranée, située au Cap Camarat, entre Cavalaire et St Tropez. L’épave repose à 40 m sur un fond sablonneux. Il est très bien conservé et sa position droite sur sa quille le rend majestueux surtout sur la proue.
Le Rubis est un sous-marin mouilleur de mines, lancé à Toulon en 1931. Mesurant 66 m de long, 7 m de large et 8 m de haut, il était armé d'un canon de 75, de deux mitrailleuses de 13 mm et il pouvait mouiller jusqu’à 32 mines. Ce sous-marin était doté d’un moteur Vickers-Armstrong de 3900 CV lui permettant une vitesse de 8 nœuds en plongée et 12 en surface. Le Rubis pouvait descendre jusqu’à 50 mètres, et naviguer en immersion périscopique jusqu’à 15 mètres avec un équipage de 45 hommes.
Après avoir servi en Norvège, il vient en renfort en Méditerranée et en Ecosse pendant la seconde guerre mondiale. Le 8 juin 1945 il rentre à Oran où il est désarmé et utilisé comme navire d’instruction jusqu’en 1950 puis transformé en base sous-marine. Le Rubis ressort intact de la guerre, ce qui pour ce type de bateau relève de l’exploit. En 1945 les résultats du sous-marin sont éloquents : 28 missions, 683 mines larguées, 15 navires, 7 dragueurs, 1 cargo de 4360 tonneaux coulés, un U-BOOT endommagé.
Le 31 janvier 1958 il est remorqué à 2600 mètres du Cap Camarat. Le Commandant Riffaud place la charge de 9 kg, et fait exploser l’arrière du Rubis qui sombre sur un fond de 40 m pour son dernier voyage.
PS Waverley reversing from Llandudno pier.
PS Waverley 29/08/2018
PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the British coast.
Since 2003 Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance".
PS Waverley is named after Sir Walter Scott's first novel. She was built in 1946 to replace a PS Waverley that was built in 1899, served in the Second World War as a minesweeper and was sunk in 1940 while helping to evacuate troops from Dunkirk. Shipbuilders A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow launched the new 693 tonne steamer in October 1946. She entered service with the London and North Eastern Railway in June 1947, working the LNER's Firth of Clyde steamer route from Craigendoran Pier, near Helensburgh, up Loch Long to Arrochar. In her first year in service she wore that company's red, white and black funnel colours.
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" So Ill sing farewell to Carlingford,
And farewell to Green-ore,
For Ill think of you both day and night,
Until I return once more,
Until I return once more "
The ferry moves down Carlingford Lough Co. Louth and out into the Irish sea, on its way to England passing the Marina and the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland on the far side of the lough. The small boat in the foreground is a shell-flsh trawler. The centre of the lough is a natural boundry between north and south. During the troubles a British minesweeper constantly patrolled backwards and forwards along the centre of the lough. Thankfully those days are long gone. This is one of my most favourite places and Id love to live up here. Its only 100 miles from me so its an easy drive though the weather can change instantly with mists, sea fogs and storms sweeping in from the sea.
Hope you like the photo which was taken on Slieve Foye and is one of my favourites. Best wishes and mind yourselves out there.
Pat.
1919
1919
Samuel Green
Built in George Browns Garvel Shipyard and intended as a minesweeper for the Admiralty, Ocean Mist was originally named Samuel Green after an Officer who served under Admiral Nelson.
1920
1920
Ocean Rover
Never used by the admiralty, the boat was sold in 1920 to Kenelm Guinness of the Guinness dynasty. Kenelm was a successful racing car driver, inventor and playboy.
1921
1921
Ocean Rover
Converted to a gentleman’s pleasure yacht. Friends such as the Duke of Leeds and Sir Malcolm Campbell enjoyed adventures on Ocean Rover during the roaring twenties.
1924
1924
Aries
Passed on to the 11th Duke of Leeds, friend of Kenelm Guinness and renamed the Aries. John Francis Godolphin Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds was a British peer.
1930
1930
OCEAN ROVER
Sold to Sir Harry Newton, 2nd Baronet and a British Conservative politician. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich in 1910. The Aries was renamed the Ocean Rover once more.
1934
1934
OCEAN ROVER
Sold to Sir Alfred L. Goodson an English businessman and public servant. He was both the president of the officers training corp selection board and overseas civilian advisory board in France during WW1. He was knighted for these services in 1922.
1938
1938
OCEAN ROVER
Just before war breaks out the boat is taken over by Dumbarton-based businessman, James Napier, a steel manufacturer and ship builder.
1939
1939
OCEAN ROVER
The boat was requistioned by the admiralty and used as a torpedo recovery vessel in WW2.
1943–1945
1943–1945
OCEAN ROVER
Towards the end of the war, the boat was converted to an anti-mine calibrating yacht. Based at Rosyth, Granton and Leith, it was later moved to Portsmouth. At the end of the war the boat was paid off and laid up at Portsmouth.
1948
1948
OCEAN ROVER
After the war, Ocean Rover was aquired by Felix Fenston, a property businessman who helped establish the Museum of Heraldry.
1954
1954
OCEAN ROVER
Ocean Mist was purchased by Frederick Gilbert Mitchell converted to oil and renamed Ocean Mist. Frederick Gilbert was a trouble shooter for Lord Kitchener during WW1. He was an engineering businessman and the commodore of The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club.
1959
1959
OCEAN MIST
Changing hands again, Ocean Mist was bought by Jospeh Hobbs of Inverness – a businessman, cattle rancher and whisky distiller, who ran whisky from Scotland to California during prohibition.
1983
1983
OCEAN MIST
In the early 80s the boat arrives at the shore in Leith.
1984 – 2007
1984 – 2007
CRUZ & OTHERS
The boat existed in various guises as restaurants and nightclubs before being left to fall into disrepair.
2018
2018
OCEAN MIST
Bought by Alan Pedley and restored to her former glory as the Ocean Mist, a boutique hotel.
The ship on the shore has had a very chequered life starting off being built by Geo. Brown & Co. of Greenock and launched there on 30-04-1919.
It started life as a Naval Trawler for the Admiralty based in London and was used as a minesweeper but found to be unsuitable for this and so ended up as Officer accommodation in Portsmouth. In 1920 it was renamed “Ocean Rover” and purchased by the Guinness Family to be used as a luxury yacht based in the South of France with the hold converted to accommodate their racing cars. It changed hands then quite a few times until 1939 when it was again requisitioned by the Admiralty to be used as a Torpedo recovery vessel based at Arrochar, Port Bannatyne, and Rothesay in Scotland. 1943 saw it again being based once more at Portsmouth after serving time at Rosyth and Granton in Edinburgh. Over the following years it sailed under different owners until it was eventually laid up in the 1960s at Corpach Scotland.
It came to the Shore at Leith in 1983 and was converted to a floating resteraunt and has been there (with some ups and downs in ownership) ever since. Today it goes by the name “Cruz” and offers customers 5* eating, so if you are ever in the Leith area of Edinburgh make sure you visit the “Cruz” and enjoy a floating dining experience.
29th April 2015 - Another Naval appearance at Pier Head in Liverpool.
RFA Diligence is a forward repair ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Launched in 1981 as a support ship for North Sea oil rigs, she was chartered by the British government to support naval activities during the 1982 Falklands War and was later bought outright as a fleet maintenance vessel. She gave assistance to the damaged USS Tripoli and Princeton in the 1991 Gulf War, and to Sri Lanka after the 2005 tsunami. She typically has deployments of 5-8 years in support of the Trafalgar-class submarine on duty east of Suez, with a secondary role as a mothership for British and US minesweepers in the Persian Gulf.
This is the DS «Børøysund» (Trondhjems Mekaniske Værksted 1908) which is Norway’s last coal steamer still in use. Behind is the minesweeper KNM «Alta» - M314 (Hodgeson Brothers, Maine, USA 1953), now a museum. In the background is the Oslo Police speed boat used for law enforcement at sea.
* Kodak Duo Six-20 Series II (1937) 6 X 4.5 cm
* Acros 100 (rolled to a 620 reel)
* D-76 (1+1) for 10,5 min in 20 ℃
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The "Alpha", a wooden minesweeper built in 1938 in Brightlingsea, Essex. Later converted into a fishing boat she was finally towed up the River Deben with hopes of "restoration". This image was taken during the second "lock-down" of October 2020, when she was leaking and submerged at high tide. She has been towed away, but is likely to join so many old boats that slowly melt into the river bed :-)
A scene from Oslo Harbour.
* DS Børøysund (built 1908, Trondheim) is Norway’s last steamer that still holds a passenger license.
* The next one is the steam driven tugboat DS Styrbjørn (built 1910, Gothenburg, Sweden) witch was sinked by the Germans in the battle of Narvik in 1940 and later repaired.
* The last one is the minesweeper M314 «KNM Alta» (built 1953, Maine, USA) with a hull completely made of wood. This vessel now a museum.
Spotmatic, APX100, D76.