River Clyde Photography: May 2010

Saturday 29 May 2010

Fencer

Clyde Marines Fencer in her role as city water-bus,click HERE to see pictures of her being used as a tug.

SD Impetus

SD Impetus leaving James Watt Dock ,a tug specifically built to berth Trident class submarines.

Click HERE for more SD Tugs

Thursday 27 May 2010

Sea Ems

Sea Ems being unloaded of her cargo at Shieldhall Glasgow.

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Having spent a year tied up with other Maersk lay up ships in Loch Striven, Sealand Performance was removed from the Loch to the tail of the bank were her engines were restarted,prior to being re-flagged and sold on.

Click HERE for more pictures of Maersk ships laid up on the Clyde.

Monday 24 May 2010

AIDAaura

AIDAaura seen departing from Greenock Ocean terminal.

AIDAaura is the third ship operated by the German cruise line AIDA Cruises,the other two being Aid Acara and AidAvita,click HERE for photographs of Aid Acara sailing from the Clyde.

She was built in Germany at a cost of $350 million in 2003.

She normally carries 1300 passengers with a crew of 418.

Port of Registry Italy.

Isle of Arran

A small coaster passing the Isle of Arran.

Sunday 23 May 2010

Fairfield/ Govan shipyard

Passing the Govan shipyard while sailing up the Clyde.

Saturday 22 May 2010

Broomielaw

Lairdshill being bunkered at the Broomielaw,her usual destination was Dublin.

Friday 21 May 2010

Ali Cat leaving James Watt Dock,she is the peak time Dunoon / Gourock ferry.

Thursday 20 May 2010

Spirit of Adventure

Spirit of Adventure at Greenock Ocean Terminal.

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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