HrMs Zierikzee

The Tripartite class minehunter is a type of minesweeper used by the navies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as Pakistan, Indonesia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.

HrMs Zierikzee is number 13 in a class of 15 Triparte Class Minehunter.

The Netherlands fleet consist of the following vessels:

M850 Alkmaar         (sold to Latvia and renamed Rusins M-08)

M851 Delfzijl           (sold to Latvia and renamed Visvaldis M-07)

M852 Dordrecht       (sold to Latvia and renamed Talivaldis M-06)

M853 Haarlem

M854 Harlingen       (sold to Latvia and renamed Imanta M-04)

M855 Scheveningen (sold to Latvia and renamed Viesturs M-05)

M856 Maasluis

M857 Makkum

M858 Middelburg

M859 Hellevoetsluis

M860 Schiedam

M861 Urk

M862 Zierikzee

M863 Vlaardingen

M864 Willemstad

Zierikzee is seen here leaving Leith today 21 February 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

RMAS KINTERBURY

The Naval Armaments Coaster Kinterbury was seen in Leith in early January 2000, a week earlier she had a run in with the Armament Pier at Crombie a few miles up the river Forth.


She is seen here undergoing repairs getting a new bow.


14 January 2000

 

 

 

A few days later on the 17 January with a bit more work completed

 

 

 

 

As a member of the RMAS, she carried military cargoes between the UK's armament depots and stores, but was disposed of in 2005. The 64 metre ship was sold to become an offshore deep salvage vessel, and conversion work, including fitting dynamic positioning equipment and a moonpool, was undertaken at Hull. Renamed DEEPWORKER, she now flies the Panamanian flag.

Any further info on the current status of the vessel would be very much appreciated

Thetis Class Frigate

The Thetis class patrol frigate also called Stanflex 3000, is a class of large patrol vessels built for the Royal Danish Navy. The class comprises four ships, all built and commissioned in the early 1990s. The ships' tasks are mainly maintenance of sovereignty, search and rescue, fishery inspection and support to local (mainly Greenlandic) authorities. The operation areas are normally Greenland and Faroe Islands, but the vessels also operate near Iceland en-transit between Greenland and the Faroe Islands and near Denmark.

The crew line up for a photo opportunity

 

The Danish frigate Triton seen here departing Leith 8 February 2010.

Hdms Thetis is seen here alongside in Leith

HMS Illustrious

HMS Illustrious, the Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier, arrived in Scotland today to  undergo a £40million upgrade at the Rosyth Dockyard in Fife.  The refit is expected to take 18 months.

Preparatory work will begin at Crombie, where the 685 foot long vessel arrived on Monday morning after sailing under the Forth bridges, before the maintenance and upgrade begins in March.

The work will involve replacing 500 metres of pipework, 650 valves and all eight exhausts; painting the ship with 540,000 litres of paint; and making the ship more fuel-efficient.

A previous refit was carried out at Rosyth in 2003 at a cost of £118 million.

HMS Illustrious was commissioned in Portsmouth in 1982 and has been involved in most major UK and Nato campaigns since, after first being deployed to the Falklands. Ii has since operated in the first Gulf War, Sierra Leone and the war in Afghanistan.The contract is part of a continuous programme of work at the Fife dockyard before the assembly of two new Navy super carriers begins.

She is seen here arriving firstly in the Firth of Forth arriving for her previous refit a few years earlier.
 

 

The following images were taken from the Forth Road Bridge not a plane despite what you may think.

Framed through the Rail Bridge for her 2010 refit

Passing under the Iconic Forth Rail Bridge

 

 

 

She is now not expected to leave the Firth of Forth until at least July 2011