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31-512: Since 2003, Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance". PS Waverley is named after Sir Walter Scott 's first novel . She was built for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) to replace a PS Waverley that was sunk in 1940 while helping to evacuate troops from Dunkirk . The new vessel

62-734: A Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft in the path of Defender after, according to the Russian Defence Ministry , it had allegedly strayed for about 20 minutes as much as 3 km (2 miles) into waters off the coast of Crimea , declared by Russian Federation as being annexed from Ukraine in 2014 (see 2021 Black Sea incident ). The UK military denied any warning shots were fired and said the ship was in innocent passage in Ukraine's territorial sea , later clarifying that heavy guns were fired three miles astern and could not be considered to be warning shots. BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale on board

93-655: A major 18-month long refit in Portsmouth , in the course of which she was fitted with the Shaman communications electronic support measures (CESM) to be used for the purposes of signals intelligence . On 12 August 2019, Defender set sail for a deployment in the Asia-Pacific region. On 24 August 2019, HMS Defender was redeployed while on route to the Asia-Pacific region to the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz in order to bolster

124-439: Is rated at 2,100 IHP and achieved a trial speed of 18.37 knots (34.02 km/h; 21.14 mph) at 57.8 rpm . Passengers can watch this engine from passageways on either side of the engine room. The main crank is solidly attached to both paddle wheels so they cannot turn independently. The Waverley therefore has a much larger turning circle than modern ferries. Waverley has had several colour schemes in her life. At launch

155-646: The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society had been set up as a registered UK charity and had bought the near-derelict small River Dart paddler PS  Kingswear Castle . CalMac, keen to ensure that the ship was preserved, sold Waverley to the PSPS for the token sum of one pound . Neither side really believed that the vessel would return to steam but, just in case, Caledonian MacBrayne stipulated that she should not sail in competition with their remaining cruise vessel, TS  Queen Mary . A public appeal

186-610: The River Clyde in July 2006. The launch date was 21 October 2009. On 21 October 2011, Defender left Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow on her maiden voyage exactly two years to the day after she was launched, to conduct her first stage of sea trials. These trials were completed in mid-November. On 9 March 2012, she once again left the Clyde to commence a second round of trials, scheduled to last 28 days in

217-574: The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities. As part of this remit, National Historic Ships maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV), which as of September 2014 listed over 1,000 vessels. The National Historic Fleet is a sub-grouping of this register, the vessels included on this list are distinguished by: The National Historic Fleet may also include vessels from

248-559: The Thames , the South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel . She also undertakes private charters and has provided a period setting for television documentaries and movies, such as Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). Primarily during the summer she is based on the Clyde, operating excursions from Glasgow , Greenock , Largs or Ayr . Typically her Clyde timetable ends at

279-656: The Type 45 or Daring -class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy . She is the eighth ship to bear the name. Construction of Defender began in 2006, and she was launched in 2009. The ship completed her first sea trials in October and November 2011, and was commissioned during March 2013. Defender ' s construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships ) yard at Govan on

310-609: The British presence and escort British Shipping. In December 2019, Royal Marines from Defender confiscated 131 kg of crystal meth after searching a dhow in the Arabian Sea . The haul had an estimated total UK street value of £3.3m. On 23 June 2021, in an account contradicted by the UK government, the Russian military and border guards said they fired warning shots and dropped bombs from

341-550: The Caledonian Steam Packet Company (CSP), a subsidiary of the Railway Executive . The funnels were repainted yellow with a black top. In 1965, a Scottish red lion rampant was fixed to each side of both funnels. Waverley ' s hull was painted monastral blue until 1970. After a revival of fortunes in the 1950s, the 1960s saw a gradual change in holiday habits that led to a decline in passenger numbers and

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372-454: The Clyde for final testing and was open to members of the public on Saturday 30 November 2013 before going into active service. Defender sailed 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) from Portsmouth to the north east of Scotland on 19 December 2013 to meet a Russian task group of six ships including the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and escorted them down the east coast of Scotland. The vessels were held back by bad weather and had anchored in

403-514: The LNER's Firth of Clyde steamer route from Craigendoran Pier, near Helensburgh , up Loch Long to Lochgoilhead and Arrochar , joining the LNER Clyde paddle steamer fleet of Lucy Ashton , Jeanie Deans and Talisman . In her first year in service, she wore that company's red, white and black funnel colours. The 1948 nationalisation of Britain's railways brought their Scottish steamers into

434-590: The Moray Firth. Defender was part of Operation Shader , employed as an air defence guard ship for the US Carrier Task Force 50, in 2014. The ship sailed on 19 October 2015 for a second deployment to the Middle East region. On 18 November, it was announced Defender would deploy alongside France's Charles de Gaulle carrier battle group, deployed off the coast of Syria as an air defence escort. This

465-476: The National Small Boat Register which are a minimum of 50 years old and which fit the above criteria. As of September 2014 there are 206 vessels on the register, including museum ships , those still in active or commercial service, and a number currently laid up. Some are being actively restored, others have an uncertain future. HMS Defender (D36) HMS Defender is the fifth of

496-492: The Scottish mainland later that evening. During the 2021 season Waverley was unable to operate south of the Clyde owing to crew availability. 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of her maiden voyage and she was able to return to other parts of the British coast. In 2023, during the ships sailing to the South Coast, Waverley and the steamship SS Shieldhall sailed side-by-side as the two vessels passed The Needles . The occasion of

527-571: The closure of many of the small piers. Since 1969, and the formation of the Scottish Transport Group, the CSP had been gradually merging with the West Highland shipping and ferry company David MacBrayne Ltd. In 1973, the company became Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd (CalMac). CalMac withdrew Waverley after the 1973 season as she was too costly to operate and needed significant expenditure. By then,

558-467: The country. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet , between 2000 and 2003 the ship underwent a substantial rebuild and reboilering at the shipyard of George Prior at Great Yarmouth , funded principally by the Heritage Lottery Fund . The work, done in two stages, has added many 21st century safety and technological improvements and returned the ship to her original 1947 livery. In 2009,

589-654: The current portholes. For most of her life, the upper passenger cabins were painted white and had wooden doors; all have had layout improvements at some time in the ship's life. Sailing in all weathers in salt water can cause pale brown rust streaks to appear by the end of each season, so cosmetic painting and improvements are done annually as the ship is drydocked and inspected by the Department for Transport. Since 1962, when PS Waverley ' s original funnels were renewed, replacement items had been slightly out of parallel due to their heavier welded steel construction. The problem

620-695: The end of August and Waverley spends 6 weeks between September and October cruising the Bristol Channel , the Solent and the Thames before returning to the Clyde for two sailings in October. On 3 September 2020, Waverley collided with the Brodick Pier on the Isle of Arran , causing damage to the bow. Twenty-four people were injured. The ship was carrying 213 passengers and 26 crew, who were temporarily stranded on Arran. A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, MV  Caledonian Isles , made an unscheduled sailing to return them to

651-526: The paddle boxes were painted black, in 1959 they were changed to white, then returned to black but with white edges in 1972, then to all black in 1977. The two gold stripes along the hull were removed in 1954 but restored during the 2000 rebuild. Today, Waverley has the LNER 1947 livery of red, white and black funnels, traditional brown-grained (or "scumbled") superstructure and black paddle-wheel boxes, decorated with gold lettering on each side. When launched Waverley had square windows on her sponsons, instead of

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682-530: The ship was affiliated with HMS  Defender , having hosted the official dignitary party at Defender ' s launch on the River Clyde. And in 2011 the ship was awarded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 65th Engineering Heritage Award . In 2019, Waverley was withdrawn from service due to boiler problems. An appeal was subsequently launched with a target of £2.3 million to recommission Waverley . It

713-534: The two vessels with similar histories sailing together was met with great praise from guests on both vessels and garnered national attention for both vessels. National Historic Fleet The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom , under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises

744-542: The vessel confirmed that the ship went to action stations prior to the transit; the crew put on flash protection in case of live fire; they were warned on the radio that the Russians would fire, and did hear some firing in the distance. On 27 June, it was reported that secret documents relating to the passage of HMS Defender through Ukraine's territorial waters had been discovered at a bus stop in Kent . These documents revealed that

775-484: The waters off western Scotland. The ship left Scotstoun on 21 July 2012 on her delivery voyage and entered Portsmouth at 10:00 on 25 July 2012 where BAE Systems and the Royal Navy conducted a formal handover ceremony. At 14:00 that day she raised her White Ensign for the first time as a Royal Naval vessel under the command of Commander Phil Nash. Defender was commissioned on 21 March 2013. She stopped off at her home on

806-489: Was announced on 11 July 2019 that new boilers had been ordered from Cochran Ltd. Following the boiler replacement, Waverley returned to sea on 13 August 2020 for sea-trials, and resumed service for a short COVID-19 -affected season starting on 22 August. This was cut short after she struck the pier at Brodick on 3 September, damaging her bow . The following year Waverley started operating from 29 June but with limited passenger capacity due to COVID-19. The sailing season

837-461: Was described as a success, with a total of 52,000 passenger journeys, but shorter than normal as it only lasted until 19 September. A highlight for passengers and crew were the dolphins that could frequently be spotted as they accompanied Waverley on her sails up and down the Clyde. Waverley is powered by a three-crank diagonal triple-expansion marine steam engine built by Rankin & Blackmore, Engineers, Eagle Foundry, Greenock , Scotland . It

868-540: Was in response to France's activation of article 42.7 of the European Union Treaty. On 27 April 2016, Defender escorted the ocean liner RMS  Queen Mary 2 through the Gulf of Oman . In June 2016, Defender , in conjunction with Australian and French ships, seized a total haul of 1020 kg of hashish from a fishing dhow south of Oman . Defender returned to active service in early August 2018, after

899-589: Was launched to secure funding for the return of the Waverley to service and the fund-raising operation was successful. The PSPS found itself running a cruise ship operation, "Waverley Excursions". Since then, Waverley has been joined in the PSPS fleet by PS  Kingswear Castle and MV  Balmoral and has had a series of extensive refits and much restoration work, including a new boiler and improvements to meet modern safety standards. She has circumnavigated Great Britain and every year makes extensive sailings around

930-662: Was ordered from shipbuilders A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow , who laid the keel at their Pointhouse shipyard on 27 December 1945, Lady Matthews, wife of the Chairman of the LNER, launched the new 693 ton steamer on 2 October 1946. Fitting out proceeded, around the end of the year the ship was towed to Victoria Harbour in Greenock where Rankin & Blackmore installed the engine and coal-fired boiler they had manufactured. After sea trials in June 1947, Waverley entered service on 16 June, working

961-515: Was resolved in the 2000–03 refit and her two funnels are now parallel. Lifeboat arrangements have varied depending on the legislation at the time. Between 1975 and 1980, there was only one traditional lifeboat on the rear deck. Waverley makes passenger excursions from various British ports, including ports in Northern Ireland. She regularly sails from Glasgow and other towns on the Firth of Clyde ,

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