The fun appears to be over with Astute, with the media reporting that she's making her way south under her own power, and the small flotilla of Auxiliary craft which attended her, including SD Nimble, above....
and SD Dexterous - both Royal Maritime Auxiliary tugs - making their way down the Sound of Mull in the last couple of hours.A quick look at the AIS map for Skye at 13.20, here, shows a small fleet of ships, including SD Ayton Cross, the tug Kestrel (photo here), and the large tug Toisa Daring (photo here), all moving together, with Toisa Daring's destination given as Greenock. The Diary wonders if this is the escort in case Astute doesn't quite make it home.
Many thanks to Sue Cameron for keeping an eye on activity in the Sound
The Ayton Cross is a Svitzer Marine Limited tug not Serco Denholm (SD). Also SD Dexterous & SD Nimble belong to Serco, the RMAS ceased to exist some time ago.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the comment. This morning's radio news reports that Astute is now safely in the Clyde.
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