FS Cassiope Departure

FS Cassiope departing Leith this morning.

Same image but in Black & White

Leaving the quayside

Au revoir et la maison sûre de voyage

FS Cassiope

FS Cassiope is seen below in Leith for a weekend shore leave.  She is the 2nd in a class of 13 "Eridan" class minehunters.

Eridan Class Mine Hunters

M641 Éridan

M642 Cassiopée

M643 Andromède

M644 Pégase

M645 Orion

M646 Croix du Sud

M647 Aigle

M648 Lyre

M649 Persée (decommissioned in August 2009)

M650 Sagittaire

M651 Verseau (former Belgian M920 Iris) (decommissioned in February 2010)

M652 Céphée (former Belgian M919 Fuchsia)

M653 Capricorne (former Belgian M918 Dianthus)

Click HERE for more information on the class.

She is seen here alongside

HMS EDINBURGH FINAL DEPARTURE

HMS Edinburgh departed Leith (Edinburgh) for the very last time on Tuesday 29th March 2011 just after 10am.  There was no fanfare, no crew lining the sides, no bagpipes, no cannons etc.  It was a very poor show by the Royal Navy for her final departure.  Very dissapointed guys.

Anyway she is seen here departing from the Ocean Terminal

Preparing the removal of the gangway

Firing up her engines

Farewell Fortress Of The Sea, bon voyage and good luck with the Falklands deployment.

HMS EDINBURGH

Edinburgh's own (capital) ship made a courtesy vist to her home port of Leith from Friday 25th to 31st March 2011.  Unfortunately she arrived at the lock entrance just after 4am and was far to dark to get her coming in (I tried!).

For more information on HMS Edinburgh click here.

She is seen here alongside in Leith on Saturday evening.

She is due to leave on Tuesday around 10am

BNS Lobelia

BNS Lobelia seen leaving Leith today (28th February 2011)

BNS Lobelia

Bns Lobelia (M921) is the fourth in a class of six Triparte Class Minehunters built for the Belgian Navy, see HERE for more details on the class.

She is seen below alongside in Leith on Sunday 27th February 2011.

Three quarter stern view

 

Stern view

Side image

Bow image

Arial stern image

FGS Augsburg

Fgs Augsburg is seen here arriving in Leith on Friday 21st January 2011, she is the seventh in a class of eight Bremen class frigates - see HERE for more details on this class.


She is the first visitor to Edinburgh for 2011