HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)

HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282) departing the Clyde for a NATO exercise.

Click HERE for more photographs and a video.

Grey Heron seen at Dumbarton.

Maersk Lay up ships on the Clyde

Docked at the Great Harbour Greenock.

Beinn a Mhanaich

Rhu marina with Beinn a Mhanaich in the background.

Pamakaristos

Heading for Shieldhall with animal feed.

Strone

Strone is a small village on the Cowal peninsula at the point where the north shore of the Holy Loch becomes the west shore of the Firth of Clyde.

The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic for nose, and applies to the hill above the village as well as to Strone Point. It adjoins the settlement of Kilmun on the loch, and the village of Blairmore on Loch Long. It used to have its own pier and was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services.

High on the hill sits the imposing Dunselma, a Scottish baronial style house. It was built as a sailing lodge for the wealthy Coats family (proprietors of the eponymous Paisley mills) in 1885-7 by the Paisley firm of Rennison and Scott. It later became youth hostel and still forms a landmark clearly visible from the other side of the Clyde. It is a Category B listed building.

Fort George A388

Fort George on Loch Long,she is a replenishment ship carrying armaments,fuel and spares,she is capable of carrying up to 5 Sea King helicopters.

Isle of Cumbrae

A small motor boat passing the Island of Cumbrae with Arran in the background.

Clutha

Passing the Cloch Lighthouse.

Clutha specialises in diving tours ,click HERE for another picture of her approaching Toward lighthouse.

Loch Shira

The Cumbrae to Largs ferry.

Lyle Hill

Pictures taken from Lyle Hill in Greenock looking north.

Tistedal

Tistedal a small container ship at anchor off the coast of Gourock

Maersk Lay up ships, Maersk Maryland,Maersk Maine

Maersk Maryland,Maersk Maine,lay up ships at the

Great Harbour in Greenock

Click HERE and HERE to see other Maersk ships on the Clyde.