Warships: Foreign Navies

This gallery features some of the foreign naval vessels that I`ve photographed in recent years, most shots having been taken on the Clyde. For any snapped elsewhere, including overseas, the location is included in the caption. Any Coast Guard craft are shown under the navy entries for the respective countries. Some of these images may also appear in other categories on this site including the Exercise Joint Warrior gallery as well as related posts on Clydeside Images.com.

Belgian Naval Component

BNS Godetia (A960) Logistical Support Ship

Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS Windsor (SSK 877) ex HMS Unicorn, Victoria-class Submarine, Gare Loch, Scotland

HMCS Victoria (SSK-826) ex HMS Unseen, Victoria-class Submarine, Strait of Juan de Fuca, off Vancouver Island

HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) Halifax-class Frigate, Firth of Clyde

HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) Halifax, Nova Scotia

HMCS Yellowknife (MM706) Kingston-class Coastal Defence Vessel, Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

CFAV Quest (AGOR172) is a 76 metre-long Canadian Navy Oceanographic/ Acoustic Research Ship built at Vancouver in 1969. Although a Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel (CFAV) Quest`s 55 crew are all civilian. She is seen here at her Halifax, Nova Scotia Base in June 2008.

Canadian Coast Guard

Heavy Icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent and High Endurance Multi-Task Vessel CCGS Sir William Alexander, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Cyprus

The Cyprus Port & Marine Police unit is the equivalent of a Coast Guard section within the Police Department and its officers are responsible for law enforcement in the waters around the island and can additionally operate in a search and rescue (SAR) role. These shots were taken at Paphos and Latchi (Latsi).

Royal Danish Navy

HDMS Absalon (L16) Absalon-class Support Ship

Estonian Navy

French Navy

Latouche-Tréville (D646) Georges Leygues-class (Type F70) Anti-submarine Destroyer

FS Aquitaine (D650) FREMM European Multi-purpose Frigate

German Navy (Deutsche Marine)

FGS Hessen (F221) (Type-124) Sachsen-class Guided Missile Frigate

Greek Navy

PG Nikiphoros (P 267) Osprey-class Gunboat, Rhodes Harbour

Hellenic Coast Guard

LS-111 LCS-53 (Lambro Sunquestor-53) Patrol Boat, Symi, Dodecanese

Icelandic Coatguard

Pictured at her home port of Reykjavik, ICGV Ægir is an Offshore Patrol Vessel built by Aalborg Værft a/s, in Denmark. She is the first ship of the Ægir-class and the sister ship of the slightly improved ICGV Týr. She participated in the two last Cod Wars. In 1990 the original 57mm cannon was replaced with the current Bofors 40 mm gun and a large crane was added in 1994. The flight deck was enlarged in 1997 and in 2005 she was refitted in Poland with a new bridge and improved electronics suite.

Irish Naval Service

LÉ Róisín (P51) Róisín-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia

LÉ Orla (P41) Peacock-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) (ex-HMS Swift, Royal Navy) Irish Naval Service, James Watt Dock, Greenock

LÉ Ciara (P42) Peacock-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (ex HMS Swallow, Royal Navy) Dun Laoghaire, Irish Republic

Italian Navy

INS Aliseo (F574) Maestrale-class Anti-Submarine Frigate

Latvian Navy

LVNS Talivaldis (M-06) Imanta-class (ex Royal Netherlands Navy Alkmaar / Tripartite-class) Minehunter

Lithuanian Navy

LNS Jotvingis (N42) Vidar-class Mine-layer

Royal Netherlands Navy

HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) Karl Doorman-class Frigate

HNLMS Vlaardingen (M863) Alkmaar-class Minehunter, HMNB Portsmouth, England

Royal Norwegian Navy

Polish Navy

Russian Navy

This somewhat unusual visitor called in at the Port of Piraeus in June 2011. She is the Russian Auxiliary heavy-lifting ship KIL-158, built in 1989 at the Neptune Shipyard in Rostok, in what was then East Germany. She has served in the Black Sea Fleet since commission. In addition to transporting a wide range of cargoes, the vessel has the capability to attach and detach floating docks. The 100-ton gantry crane at the stern is designed for lifting and placing mooring buoys and carrying out various salvage assignments. Unfortunately, due to dockside restrictions, this was the only feasible angle for a photograph.

Spanish Navy

SPS Cristobal Colon (F105) F100 Alvaro de Bazan-class Multi-purpose Frigate

SPS Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) F100 Alvaro de Bazan-class Multi-purpose Frigate

Pictured at Reykjavik Harbour on Monday 9 May 2016, is EPS Alborán (P62). The 66metre-long Chilreu-class Offshore Patrol Boat has her home port in Cartagena, Murcia, and is assigned to the Maritime Action Force. Her main roles are maritime surveillance and fisheries protection. She is equipped with 2 Browning 12.7 mm machine-guns and 1 MG-42 (7.62 mm) with a flight deck able to accommodate light helicopters such as the Spanish Navy's Agusta Bell AB-212 ASWs or armed reconnaissance OH-6Ms (MD 500s).

Swedish Navy