KILCREGGAN

Looking towards Killcreggan from Gourock

Maersk Maryland

Maersk Maryland departing the Clyde,she was the last of the Maersk lay up ships to depart in October 2010.

Loch Shira

Loch Shira heading for the Cumbrae slip.

Ocean Countess

Queen Victoria and Waverley

For pictures of Queen Victoria click HERE

Dunoon waste water improvements

The rig was preparing a trench for new waste water pipes.

The small tug which moved the barge was called Samson.




Workers being taken to the rig.

British Falcon

British Falcon heading for Finnart on Loch Long.

Vanguard submarine

Vanguard submarine heading for Coulport at Loch long .

HMS Dragon D35

HMS Dragon on her first set of sea trials.

HMS Dragon D35

HMS Dragon the night before she started her first lot of sea trials.

MV Argyle

MV Argyle making an unscheduled stop at Gourock.

Joint Warrior

A video of some of the ships that were on Joint Warrior October 2010 .

RMS Empress of Britain

The RMS Empress of Britain was an ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 by John Brown shipyard in Scotland and owned by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. This ship — second of three CP vessels named Empress of Britain provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service from spring to autumn between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939. This Empress was distinguished by the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) prefix in her name while in commercial service with Canadian Pacific.

In her time, she was the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. She was torpedoed on 28 October 1940 by U-32 and sank. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner lost during the Second World War and the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.