River Clyde Photography: July 2016

Sunday 31 July 2016

Holy Loch

Early morning view of Dunoon and the entrance to the Holy Loch.

Friday 29 July 2016

Loch Long

MOD police boat seen in Loch Long,a police boat can usually be seen cruising the Loch due to military bases in the area.

Thursday 28 July 2016

Tuesday 26 July 2016

Sunday 24 July 2016

HMS Forth is the first of three new Offshore Patrol Vessels being built at Govan in Glasgow.

The 90 metre OPV is based on a proven BAE Systems design which is already in service with the Brazilian Navy and Royal Thai Navy. Engineers at BAE Systems have modified the design, ensuring it meets the requirements of the Royal Navy.

The OPVs will be globally deployable and capable of ocean patrol with a range of 5,000 nautical miles and a maximum speed of 24 knots. The first of class is expected to be delivered to the Royal Navy in 2017.

Saturday 23 July 2016

Warrior

Svitzer tug Warrior at work.

Wednesday 20 July 2016

Fairlie Moor

Views from Fairlie Moor,looking toward the Isle of Arran Isle of Cumbrae and Little Isle of Cumbrae.

Sunday 17 July 2016

Azamara Quest

Evening departure from Greenock.

Saturday 16 July 2016

Ayr Harbour

Post card from from about 1920 of Ayr Harbour.

Wednesday 13 July 2016

Waverley

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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