UK SCOTLAND Stornoway -- 05 Nov 2010 -- The UK-registered MV RED DUCHESS pictured in the Port of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. This vessel was rescued by the Coastguard and Maritime Agency tug boat ANGLIAN PRINCE after it broke down in rough seas on Tuesday last week ( 02 Nov 2010 ) off the Isle of Rum and was brought into the Port of Stornoway on Wednesday. Carrying a cargo of coal and loaded with bunker fuel, the rescue of the RED DUCHESS by the ANGLIAN PRINCE further highlights the dangers to shipping and the possible environmental cost to the coasts of the Outer and Inner Hebrides if these tugs are cut - as they have been earmarked for by government cutbacks. Coastal-based tugs like the ANGLIAN PRINCE (which also helped to rescue HMS Astute the week previously) play a crucial role in preventing shipping disasters and loss of life. With many tankers and other environmentally hazardous cargos passing through the seas of the British Isles, many see the government's decision as foolhardy. The four tugs were brought into service after recommendations by an inquiry led by Lord Donaldson in the wake of the BRAER disaster off the Shetland Isles in 1993 -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
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March 6, 1912: Titanic (right) had to be moved out of the drydock so her sister Olympic, which had lost a propeller in a collision with HMS Hawke, could have it replaced.Work concentrated on the Olympic to get her seaworthy which delayed the building and launch of the Titanic. One may cautiously presume that the delay proved ill fated....it was tragic luck. PD image..restored and retouched by stro-foto
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The cruise liner Ocean Majesty is escorted by a patrol boat past the 15th century castle guarding the Devon port's entrance into Dartmouth harbour in South Devon, England
D-Kiel, Kieler Foerde, Ostsee, Schleswig-Holstein, Kieler Hafen, Schleppschiff Buelk, Foerdefaehre Laboe, Faehrschiff der Stena Line am Terminal Schwedenkai und Terminal Bollhoernkai, dahinter der Rathausturm, D-Kiel, Kiel Fjord, Baltic Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel harbour, tugboat Buelk, Foerde ferry Laboe, Stena Line ferry at terminal Schwedenkai and terminal Bollhoernkai, behind the city hall tower *** Local Caption *** D-Kiel, Kiel Fjord, Baltic Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel harbour, tugboat Buelk, Foerde ferry Laboe, Stena Line ferry at terminal Schwedenkai and terminal Bollhoernkai, behind the city hall tower
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The Statue of Liberty seen under the bow of the Queen Mary 2, berthed at Brooklyn, New York