River Clyde Photography: Miscellaneous

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Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Top Cat

Top Cat a tour boat that operates from James Watt Dock.

Sunday, 21 May 2023

Lara 1

Lara 1 crane ship which had been moving ship parts from KGV dock to BAE shipyard at Govan.

Thursday, 13 April 2023

Altair

Altair entering Arbroath Harbour after a day out fishing .

Thursday, 12 January 2023

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Ronja Kvaloey

Norwegian Fish Carrier at James Watt Dock.

Monday, 31 January 2022

Stril Explorer

Stril Explorer offshore workboat heading up to Glasgow.

Tuesday, 7 December 2021

TMS SEARIDER

TMS SEARIDER barge working at BAE Scotstoun.

Friday, 6 August 2021

Stream Marine Training (SMT)

Stream Marine Training (SMT) Victoria Harbour Greenock.

Sunday, 18 July 2021

Largs

Barracuda,a speed boat at Largs promenade, once a popular sight.

Saturday, 17 July 2021

The TS Jack Petchey, is a British-flagged training ship, named after Jack Petchey OBE. The Jack Petchey is part of the Offshore Fleet of the Sea Cadet Corps, and is used to take 12 Sea Cadets to sea, although she comes alongside most nights she does have the capability to carry out extended passages. Whilst at sea the Sea Cadets aboard the Jack Petchey are able to put into practical use their seamanship and navigational training, as well as earning RYA (Royal Yachting Association)

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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