River Clyde Photography: November 2012

Friday 30 November 2012

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Emden f210

German Frigate,for pictures of her arriving in Glasgow click HERE

Monday 26 November 2012

louds Island

louds Island,laid up in the Great Harbour Greenock,for a few more pictures click HERE

HNLMS Zeeland P841

HNLMS Zeeland P841,berthed at Shieldhall Glasgow,she is Holland Class offshore patrol vessel.

Saturday 24 November 2012

Svitzer Ayton Cross

Svitzer Marines Ayton Cross making her way down river,the first picture is at Clydebank and the last approaching Port Glasgow.

Friday 23 November 2012

Island Princess

Island Princess the Kilcreggan/Gourock ferry heading for Rhu Marina were she berths for the evening.

Monday 19 November 2012

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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Friday 30 November 2012

Royal Navy Rescue