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Home To Glasgow For HMS DEFENDER
The state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will visit Glasgow – her adopted city – for the first time since she was delivered to the Royal Navy.
HMS Defender sails in under the command of Commander Philip Nash, who also served on the city’s previous twinned ship – HMS Glasgow; a proud and welcome return for him.
HMS Defender will go alongside at King George V Dock near Braehead at around 10am on Friday November 29 and Glasgow school pupils will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with their ship in the afternoon with pre-arranged tours.
The ship’s company will be hosted by the city at a special reception in Glasgow City Chambers in the evening – an h
More woes for Cook Strait ferries
Bluebridge spokeswoman Wendy Pannett confirmed the Santa Regina missed its early morning sailing from Picton to Wellington and the return Wellington to Picton 8:30am sailing because of the ramp hydraulic problem.
Interislander, which is already a ferry down on the route with its propellerless Aratere laid up on Aotea Quay, has been relying heavily on Bluebridge to pick up excess freight and passengers on the Santa Regina and Straitsman.
Ms Pannett suggested the problem with Santa Regina appeared to involve getting the ramp up off the wharf prior to sailing.
Santa Regina was still at
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