exhibition in einbeck, ger

Cathedral City High School

Paddle steamer Waverley laid up for the winter on the river Clyde at Glasgow's Pacific Quay.

PS-1 Warm-Up

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Arriving at Greenock on the penultimate cruise of 2021.

Docked on the River Clyde in centre of Glasgow

Embraer E195-E2

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GRU - 24/6/23

Photo from my trip to Sweden in septmeber 2012. I went sailing on this fantastic SAR-Ship.

Rausing Class, 20m.

Offshore sea rescue boat. Rescue boats in Rausing class is Marine Rescue Society's largest units. These units are stationed in traffic-intensive areas with large passenger flows along the coasts of Sweden and is also able to operate in extreme weather conditions. They are fitted with waterjets and equipped to handle emergencies with many distressed. For beachside relief efforts and in extremely shallow areas are a Rescue Runner on board.

Quantity: 3 boats

Length: 19.6 meters

Width: 5.1 meters

Draught: 90 cm

Material: built of composite

Displacement: 30 tons

Engines: 2x1000 hp Scania DI 16M diesels driving 2xRolls-Royce KaMeWa FF-jet 550 water jet

Speed: 34 knots

Revolution time: about 10 hours

Crew: 3-6 people

Designer: Rolf Eliasson and Lifeboat

Construction Cost: 20 million

(www.sjoraddning.se/detta-gor-vi/vara-batar/)

A model of the paddle steamer PS Connaught at the Science Museum, South Kensington, 14 April 2007. It was built by Laird, Birkenhead in 1860 for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. for its Holyhead – Dublin service. It weighed 2,040 tons gross.