River Clyde Photography: June 2015

Monday 15 June 2015

Guide Me

Guide Me, which operates out of James Watt Dock in Greenock is seen here at the Clyde Marina Ardrossan having received her annual overhaul.

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Saturday 13 June 2015

Orcadia

Former CalMac ferry MV Saturn in James Watt Dock before setting off to serve her time with Pentland Ferries.

Thursday 11 June 2015

Styx M614

French Navy 'Vulcain Class' mine countermeasures ship arriving in Glasgow as part of Joint Warrior 2015

Tuesday 9 June 2015

Sunday 7 June 2015

Friday 5 June 2015

Endurance

Endurance passing the Gantolks off the coast of Dunoon.

Wednesday 3 June 2015

Encounter

Encounter departing 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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