Pictures Taken March 1997

Fascinating set, Ludlow, thanks; curious vessels, one ex Navy, one fishing vessel perhaps. Two Sisters looking scruffy.
ps, Floating Dock as opposed to Dry Dock is an old name, but it is now a Wet Dock.

pps pretty well all were uploaded upside down; we can (and did) turn them, which is why the site watermark is left top corner.

Yes sorry about the upside down thing - in Picassa I'd turned them round but it obviously hasn't changed the original!
I've copied it as my Uncle put it on the back - he called it floating dock for whatever reason.

It was built as a Floating Dock and stayed so until someone actually built an actual floating dock, ie one that floated, then it became a wet dock as opposed to the tidal harbour. That was a bit of history rather than me being 'picky'.
I see, looks like picassa alters the presentation rather than the image.

You always have to manually save on Picasa! Annoying.

The Blue Vessel ...
Aldebaran. T 107
Swedish MTB
Plejad Class; built Lürssen 2
Launched Aug 1954/completed January 1955
Sold 1981.
155 tons standard (unloaded)
48 x 5.8 x 1.6m
3 screw; 3 diesel D20V MTU; 9,000 HP; 37.5 knots
crew of 33
Armament 2 x 40 AA; 6 TT 533; 4 x I ML 103, 1 XII ML 57

Inside vessel is the Fredrikstad.
http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/yacht-charter/man-of-the-hour/