River Clyde Photography: Bulker

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Saturday, 10 January 2026

Penelope L

Bulker passing Bowling on her way up the Clyde for KGV Dock in Glasgow.

She will be loaded with scrap metal.

Tuesday, 7 May 2024

ULTRA VIRTUE

The vessel ULTRA VIRTUE (IMO 9933028, MMSI 352001784) is a Bulk Carrier built in 2022 (2 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Panama.

Loading scrap at KGV Dock Glasgow.

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Princess Shahd

PRINCESS SHAHD (IMO: 9392092) is a Bulk Carrier and is sailing under the flag of Barbados.

Princess Shahd offloading her cargo at Sheildhall Glasgow

Friday, 5 April 2024

SV Adelaide

ADELAIDE (IMO: 9529504) is a Bulk Carrier and is sailing under the flag of Singapore. Her length overall (LOA) is 199.98 meters and her width is 32.26 meters.

She is seen here at KGV Glasgow.

Saturday, 20 January 2024

EVA London

Eva London passing the tail of the bank for KGV Glasgow to collect scrap metal.

Monday, 20 November 2023

CORNELIA

Bulker at KGV Glasgow.

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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