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I was caught off the hop yesterday as HMS Daring http://hmsdaring.com/
came down the Kilbrannan Sound passing Carradale. My wife returning from the town spotted it way off Torrisdale heading south. I looked on the ship spotter site http://www.aisliverpool.co.uk/currentma ... rthChannel and saw her course.At today you can see it is in the River Clyde area. Many thanks to my camera club colleague Martin on the Shore road who kindly posted me these pics.



HMS Daring with the Isle of Arran in the background.

She nearly caught me out too, but I just had time to dash along to the golf course and take a couple as she was starting her turn towards Arran. She's currently at the RN fuel jetty on Loch Striven. Shame she didn't just come into Campbeltown to fill-up last night.


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(p.s. She's not actually HMS Daring until she's handed over to the RN next year. Till then she's just Daring.)

Superb photos!Scary what is on board though.

When we were at Muasdale late July/early August, we saw, on a very misty evening, what looked like a naval vessel crossing the bay from the south, sail alongside Islay, cross over to Cara`s southern end, then turn and go back whence she came. Would that have been the Daring?

numberplease wrote:When we were at Muasdale late July/early August, we saw, on a very misty evening, what looked like a naval vessel crossing the bay from the south, sail alongside Islay, cross over to Cara`s southern end, then turn and go back whence she came. Would that have been the Daring?

I don't have the date and photos at hand numberplease, but yes it was doing trials in that area.

great photos - thanks for posting

I saw the vessel off Muasdale via our telescope, it was HM Customs - they launched a rib and chased after a Yacht just off Gigha, which they reached "in the mist" - could just see them - after that the mist closed in and we could not see any more of the action

numberplease wrote:When we were at Muasdale late July/early August, we saw, on a very misty evening, what looked like a naval vessel crossing the bay from the south, sail alongside Islay, cross over to Cara`s southern end, then turn and go back whence she came. Would that have been the Daring?

Daring was still alongside at Scotstoun then.

What you saw was probably this one: HMCC Seeker:

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Interesting photos!
The ship spotter site looks interesting, now added to my favourites

I took these a couple of weeks ago of a fisheries protection ship passing through Sanda sound. Its called Minna





Wasnt sure what it was at first, till google told me!

Thank you all for clearing up that little mystery for me. If it hadn`t been so very misty I might have got a better look at her.

She's in the clyde operating the now doing some trials til tuesday/wednesday next week.

aircraft are going to be flying near her over the next few days