River Clyde Photography: Kamenitza

Monday 28 July 2008

Kamenitza

Kamenitza a Russian bulker bringing a cargo of animal feed to Shieldhall.
The tugs in attendance were: Flying Phantom,Flying Spindrift and Svitzer Mallaig.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: nice set of photos, is Flying
Phantom in the photo's the same vessel that sank with the loss of 3 of her crew ?
Thanks Woody; 29 July 2008 at 20:48
Gerard Ward said...: Thanks woody,yes Flying Phantom is the tug which tragically sank last December.

Phantom was one of my favourite tugs,I was unsure as whither I should post them or not,in the end I made sure the crew were not visible.

Gerry; 29 July 2008 at 22:39

River Clyde Photography

Over half of Scotland’s population lives within a short distance of the River Clyde, from its humble beginnings in South Lanarkshire where it is created by two streams the Patrail Water and the Daer Water, the two streams meet at Watermeetings where the River Clyde starts.

It’s not long before it reaches picturesque Lanark and its famous waterfalls. It eventually finds its way to Glasgow who’s citizens in the 18^th century narrowed and deepened and ultimately industrialised the river making it one of the most famous shipbuilding rivers in the world, Glasgow did indeed make the Clyde and of course the Clyde made Glasgow, at its peak the Clyde shipyards built a fifth of the worlds ships.

During the 2^nd world war Winston Churchill said that “Liverpool and Glasgow were the lungs in which the country breathed through”. Ship building along with heavy industry is all but dead on the Clyde, the majority of our industrial heritage was swept away in the 70s and 80s leaving few traces of the rivers famous past.

Leaving Glasgow, the Clyde broadens as you pass the towns of Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock, who all played a part in making the Clyde famous through shipbuilding.

At the Tail of the Bank the river broadens once more and becomes the firth with its many sea lochs coastal towns and villages.

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Kamenitza

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