River Clyde Photography: February 2022

Monday 28 February 2022

PS Isle of Arran

Built by Thomas B Seath & Co, Rutherglen Broomloan yard number 284 .

Thursday 24 February 2022

HMS Cornwall was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was the first Batch 3 to be built, and the last to decommission. Cornwall was based at HMNB Devonport in Devon, England, part of the Devonport Flotilla.

She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders and launched by Diana, Princess of Wales at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in October 1985 and commissioned at Falmouth in 1988 by the ship's sponsor, Diana, Princess of Wales (who was also the Duchess of Cornwall).

She is seen here at Faslane Naval Base .

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Coastbuster

Coastbuster at James Watt Dock.

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Monday 21 February 2022

MV Loch Fyne

MV Loch Fyne passing Greenock .

Minerva Helen

Minerva Helen leaving loch Long after visiting Finnart Oil Terminal.

Thursday 17 February 2022

Astute Class

Astute Class submarine being escorted by tugs into Faslane Naval base.

Saturday 12 February 2022

Afon Lligwy

Tug arriving on the Clyde from Glenarm County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Sten Hidra

Sten Hidra passing Greenock on her way up to Rothesay Dock.

STEN HIDRA (IMO: 9358931) is a Oil/Chemical Tanker that was built in 2007 and is sailing under the flag of Norway. It's carrying capacity is 16670 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 144.12 meters and her width is 23.18 meters.

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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