HMS Scott sails out of the Big Apple after joining New York's Fleet Week
HMS Scott has sailed out of New York Harbour through one of the world's busiest waterways and past one of the best-known waterfronts on the planet.
Britain's biggest survey ship had been representing the Royal Navy at Fleet Week, the annual week-long celebrations for the US Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps.
Scott opened her gangway to New Yorkers and fellow service personnel, welcoming more than 10,000 people aboard, providing displays explaining her capabilities and the importance of the survey data she collects.
She was moored on the River Hudson at Pier 88, just a mile from Times Square, for much of the six-day maritime event.
From the moment the ship arrived, her 50-plus crew were hosted by the US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard with invitations to Rock the Fleet in Times Square, a string of receptions and galas by New York's Mayor, the closing bell ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange, the Athletics Club and the USS Intrepid.
Six of Scott's sailors joined US Navy and US Coast Guard sailors and US Marines on a 3km memorial run to the 9/11 Monument to pay their respects to the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
On Memorial Day – a public holiday on the last Monday in May, similar to Remembrance Day in the UK – the survey ship's crew stood side by side with their US counterparts at parades throughout the city.
Scott, the Royal Navy's only deepwater survey ship, was previously in Gibraltar for maintenance, after an intense period of data gathering in the Atlantic.
The ship is the largest survey vessel in Western Europe and the fifth largest in the Royal Navy.
She is the only vessel of her class and can remain at sea for 300 days thanks to her crew rotation system.
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