Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Monday, May 12, 2025 @ 1100
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CMS BOXER (2019- Towing, pushing and fire-fighting tug / workboat 21.2m overall of Clyde Marine Services Ltd., Victoria Harbour, Greenock) Own Page

Tug CMS BOXER tows German Navy Frigate BAYERN through the Renfrew - Yoker Bridge
Ship's locationPassing through the Renfrew - Yoker Bridge, River Clyde (Scotland, UK) tugs WRESTLER and BOXERPort of RegistryGreenock (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forWilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony, Germany) after a courtesy visit to King George V Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage149

Contributed by Robert McManus

 

Bayern in 2008
History
Germany
Name Bayern
Namesake Bavaria
Builder Nordseewerke, Emden
Laid down 16 December 1993
Launched 30 June 1994
Commissioned 15 June 1996
Identification
Status Active
General characteristics
Class and type Brandenburg-class frigate
Displacement 3,600 tons (4,490t full load)[1]
Length 138.85 metres (455.5 ft)[1]
Beam 16.7 metres (55 ft)[1]
Draught 4.35 metres (14.3 ft) (6.3 metres (21 ft) over sonar)[1]
Propulsion
Speed >29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)[1]
Range 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Complement 26 officers, 193 enlisted[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes, or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua, and a heavy machine gun.

 

Tug CMS WRESTLER towing Frigate BAYERN at the bow

German Frigate BAYERN at the new Renfrew-Yoker swing bridge, River Clyde

Tug CMS BOXER towing Frigate BAYERN at the stern