Britannia ruled Rotterdam (temporarily that is ;-)
This is the bow of HMS Portland. A frigate of the British Royal Navy, which took part in the World port event in Rotterdam in 2015. 

She was built on the Clyde and was launched by the Ship’s Sponsor, Lady Heather Brigstocke on 15 May 1999. HMS Portland was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 3 May 2001. 
The crew of HMS Portland is currently on training missions, as the ship is being put through its paces in preparation for returning to front line operations.

<i>Technical stuff</i>
This HDR consists of 3 handheld shots, bracketed with 2 stops in between. HDR-merging was done with Photomatix Pro v5.0. After that I did some post-production fiddling with Photoshop CC. This primarily concerned curves, color toning and contrast. That's all folks!

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