River Clyde Photography: Cruise Ships

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Wednesday 13 September 2023

Lord of the Glen

MV Lord of the Glen at Oban , she is a small cruise ship for about 50 passengers, she tours Loch Ness, the Isle of Skye and Fort William .

Tuesday 5 September 2023

World Traveler

Built by West SEA Shipyard in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, World Traveller is 423 feet in length, 9,930 gross tons, and features eight decks.

Sunday 3 September 2023

Explora 1

In October 2018 MSC Group announced an order with Fincantieri for four luxury cruise ships.

The line's first ship, Explora 1 completed its sea trials in April 2023. Delivery was delayed due to faulty fire panels. Its first cruise started 1 August 2023 departing from Copenhagen.

Saturday 2 September 2023

Mein Schiff 3

Mein Schiff 3 is a cruise ship owned by TUI Cruises. She was delivered from STX Finland Turku Shipyard on 22 May 2014

Monday 21 August 2023

Jewel of the Seas

Jewel of the Seas is a Radiance-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean. The ship was completed in the spring of 2004 with her maiden voyage in May of that year.

Seen here departing from Greenock Ocean Terminal.

Wednesday 16 August 2023

AIDAbella is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to AIDAdiva and AIDAluna. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050. The name AIDAbella was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.

The ship has 1,025 passenger cabins. There is a nude sunbathing area towards the rear of the ship. Amidships is a circular, glass-walled, and roofed Theatrium in the center of the ship.

Seen here departing from Greenock Ocean Terminal.

Information Courtesy of Wikipedia.

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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