River Clyde Photography: Ferguson Marine

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Thursday 11 April 2024

MV Glen Rosa

The launch of MV Glen Rosa from Fergusons shipyard at Port Glasgow.

Wednesday 10 April 2024

MV GLEN ROSA

Launch day at Fergusons, the long awaited MV Glen Rosa takes to the water.

Monday 19 June 2023

MV Isle of Arran

MV Isle of Arran departing from Ardrossan.

Sunday 14 August 2022

Glen Sannox

After three weeks in dry dock the Glen Sannox was brought back to Ferguson Marine.

Despite all the controversy she now looks great and hopefully we can look forward to seeing her on sea trials soon.

Wednesday 20 July 2022

MV Isle of Mull

Built at Fergusons at Port Glasgow in 1988,In late autumn 1988 she was taken out of service for two weeks and sent to Tees Dockyard Ltd in Middlesbrough to be lengthened by 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in).

She is seen here leaving Oban Bay for the Isle of Mull.

Saturday 2 July 2022

MV Lord of the Isles

MV Lord of the Isles arriving at Oban, she was built at Ferguson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow.

Launched 7 March 1989.

MV Glen Sannox

MV Glen Sannox at Fergusons Yard Port 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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