M33 in Campbeltown Loch

9.7C dry and cool. Cloudy. Zephyr.

I went for a walk after lunch. I went round to the harbour then went out along Kilkerran Road for a mile and a half or so. Very few boats in the harbour today. M33 HMS Brocklesby, a Hunt class Mine Countermeasures Vessel, was slowly moving across the loch.

I turned at Glenramskill House and came back the same way then along the street side of the park and came home through town passing the town hall and the bookshop (closed).

On the Clip while walking:
BBC Radio Scotland

Afternoon music ... The soundtrack for the movie The Commitments.

E-PL5 f/5.6 1/200 sec. ISO-200 41mm

From the Royal Navy website:
HMS Brocklesby is currently undergoing a massive overhaul, chiefly focused on replacing old Deltic diesels engines, which powered her successfully for 33 years, with much more efficient, modern Caterpillar motors which should significantly cut her fuel bill.

Other systems have been serviced and, where necessary, replaced, a new chilled water plant installed (better able to cope with temperatures in the Gulf) and her decks and hull have been treated, repaired and re-painted - some 9,000 maintenance tasks in all, requiring 190,000 ‘man hours’ (or the equivalent of one person working solidly for more than 21 years).

With sea trials due in the summer, HMS Brocklesby will be ready to deploy in late 2017.