Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Naval Auxiliary S D ORONSAY passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on passage to Faslane

   At 1547 hours on Friday 25 September 2020

  the Naval Auxiliary passenger ferry S D ORONSAY passed

Custom House Quay, Greenock.

    She had left Great Harbour, Greenock about 15 minutes earlier

and was outbound to cross the Clyde Estuary to the Royal Navy

base at Faslane in the Gare Loch.

In the background are the towns of Helensburgh and Craigendoran and the hills are the start of the Scottish Highlands

In this image, just above the red buoy, is the Clyde tug

SVITZER MILFORD which is waiting at Tail-of-the-Bank

for the inbound tanker AMUR STAR and to follow her up

river to around Dumbarton where she would attach to

the tanker’s stern to berth her in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank.

 Barely visible in the distance is the M.O.D. Pilot Vessel SKUA

which was outbound from Faslane Naval Base to board an

Admiralty Pilot onto the Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate H.M.S. SUTHERLAND which was inbound to Faslane.