Submarine and helicopter exercise watched from an Islay ferry

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Picture of a distant submarine and helicopter exercising seen from a Calmac ferry
Submarine and helicopter exercise watched from an Islay ferry

Looking through some rather old pictures taking me back to July 2001. Not the greatest quality, but then this was taken with my first digital camera with a fraction of the megapixels and modern phone has in 2026. It’s a submarine and a helicopter exercising off the south coast of Islay, seen from an Islay ferry (I think the Heb Isles).

Submarine and helicopter exercise near Islay

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Picture of a submarine with a helicopter hovering above, taken from a distanceA fairly low quality picture, but then again it was taken 15 years ago with my very first digital camera (1.6 megapixel, mobile phone cameras have a multiple of that these days). It’s a fairly rare sight I believe and I remember the ferry captain alerting us about it on the tannoy: A submarine (don’t ask me which class, I have no idea) and a helicopter exercising off the south east of Islay.