Last week featured a few photos of HMS Dragon over by the Manhattan passenger terminal. Those photos prompted these from a tug captain on the Clyde, who attended the launch of the vessel back just over 11 years ago.
Click here and, with the magic of YouTube, you see video of the launch AND the tug, with music.
Here mere seconds before the first splash, the tug has moved away . .
Now the tug moves back in to tether the dragon to grab the bridle and
lead it to a dock.
All photos by Capt. Tommy Bryceland, whose photos have previous appeared here.
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November 28, 2019 at 10:15 am
Beverly Rolfsmeyer
I hope those aren’t balloons they are sending over the water!
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 12:00 PM tugster: a waterblog wrote:
> tugster posted: “Last week featured a few photos of HMS Dragon over by the > Manhattan passenger terminal. Those photos prompted these from a tug > captain on the Clyde, who attended the launch of the vessel back just over > 11 years ago. Click here and, with the magic ” >
November 28, 2019 at 10:52 am
tugster
i saw that too, Beverly, was not happy but decided not to comment. but, yes, that’s a tradition that should go away. thx for writing.