Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1411 		GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland) Own Page
Ship's locationOff Greenock Esplanade, approaching Greenock Ocean TerminalPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Arrived fromLeft Fairlie Jetty (Scotland, UK) that morning for working-up trials in outer Firth of Clyde
Sailing forInchgreen Quay, Greenock (Scotland, UK)

    Early afternoon of 3 December 2024 and Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX (2024-  ) off Greenock Esplanade.  A very very dull afternoon, poor visibility, sky completely overcast with thick grey couds and scattered light rain showers.  No sign of the sun, and can only presume that it is still somewhere up there.

    The ship had left Fairlie Jetty (Firth of Clyde) earlier that morning for working-up trials in the outer Firth of Clyde and being ahead of schedule, having boarded a Clyde Pilot off Gourock, was now heading to berth at Inchgreen Quay, Greenock. 

   It is nearly Christmas and the ship must have assimilated the festive spirit as this massive maritime Christmas tree was dazzling with bright lights  ... see the last two images.   Unfortunately the images, in the horrible nasty weather and abysmal visibility, do not do justice to the brilliance and intensity of the lights. 

   Probably could have been visible by an astronaut in a satellite in outer space.