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Well it was for RRS Sir David Attenborough (now with superstructure attached) as it moved into a dry dock for continuing work to make her shipshape. Four tugs were involved in a front back and sideways operation - Barbados, Donau, Waterloo and Zeebrugge. One of the Brunswick boats is seen scooting by. It looks like a bit of T-Cut is needed to the side of the ship as it must have had a bit of a scrape at some point between launch and entry/exit to the wet basin. For me it was dry to wet as the rain moved in but at least it had held dry for the hour or so I was down by the river.
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The Natural Environment Research Council's RRS Discovery arriving for a several day stay in Liverpool.
Name:Discovery
IMO:9588029
Flag:U.K.
MMSI:235091165
Callsign:2FGX5
Vessel type:Research/survey Vessel
Gross tonnage:5,952 tons
Summer DWT:2,004 tons
Class society:Lloyd´s Shipping Register
Build year:2013
Builder:Construcciones Navales Freire
Vigo, Spain
RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, it was launched as a Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1901. Its first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition. It is now the centrepiece of visitor attraction in its home, Dundee.
Rolls-Royce Ghost sitting on HREs and a Wraith.
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