River Clyde Photography

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Ronja Viking

Ronja Viking ,a live fish carrier seen from Gourock railway station,she had just left James Watt Dock for annual check up.

Tuesday 9 September 2014

Margarita TT 26

Fishing boat Margarita TT 26 seen from Gourock.

Sunday 7 September 2014

Friday 5 September 2014

Thursday 4 September 2014

Normand Atlantic

Norwegian offshore supply /tug ship built 1997.

Tuesday 2 September 2014

Crystal Symphony

Crystal Symphony [51,000 tons] arriving in Greenock early morning.

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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Wednesday 10 September 2014

Ronja Viking

Tuesday 9 September 2014

Margarita TT 26

Sunday 7 September 2014

SKS Spey

Friday 5 September 2014

SD Eva

Thursday 4 September 2014

Normand Atlantic

Tuesday 2 September 2014

Crystal Symphony

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