River Clyde Photography

Saturday, 13 December 2025

Willsupply

Willsupply departing Leith Dock Edinburgh.

City of Newcastle

Cargo ship built 1956 at Alexander Stephenson and Son at Linthouse.

Friday, 12 December 2025

CalMac Ferries

Three CalMac ferries at Gourock,MV Bute,MV Alicat and MV Chieftain.

Thursday, 11 December 2025

Sound of Shuna

Sound of Shuna at James Watt Dock Greenock.

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Hebridean Princess

Hebridean Princess in dry dock at Greenock.

CMS Thunderer

CMS Thunderer tug at The Great Harbour Greenock.

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

KGV Dock Glasgow

Post Card showing KGV dock Glasgow,the train is taking coal to the nearby Braehead Power Plant at Renfrew.

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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Saturday, 13 December 2025

Willsupply

City of Newcastle

Friday, 12 December 2025

CalMac Ferries

Thursday, 11 December 2025

Sound of Shuna

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

Hebridean Princess

CMS Thunderer

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

KGV Dock Glasgow

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