70 years after she ran on to rocks on the Isle of Tiree on 30th October 1940, the island is honouring the memory Continue reading
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40% of HMS Dauntless doesn’t work
The Clydebuilt part’s OK, though, but £400 million of the Type 45 destroyer, Continue reading
Dauntless to leave Clyde for Portsmouth
The latest Type 45 destroyer built at Govan and Scotstoun, Dauntless, Continue reading
Jock Dempster: hell and healing – two voyages to Murmansk
As the Royal British Legion launches the 2009 Poppy Appeal today, Continue reading
HMS Defender to launch today from BVT Govan yard
Defender is the 5th of the 6 new Type 45 – or Daring class – Continue reading
Goodbye to HMS Daring
HMS Daring, the first of the new Type 45 Destroyers – the Daring class, taking its name from the first of the type – left the Clyde this evening for the last time. As we publish this we can see her, via an online ship tracking service, on a steady 6.5 knot passage south, Continue reading