River Clyde Photography: Off Shore Support

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Tuesday, 29 March 2022

World Pearl

World Pearl is a Offshore supply vessel built in 2013 by DAMEN SHIPYARD GORINCHEM - GORINCHEM, NETHERLANDS, Seen here at James Watt Dock.

Thursday, 8 April 2021

PORTOSALVO

PORTOSALVO (IMO: 9330977, MMSI 232527000) is a Offshore Tug/Supply Ship built in 2005 (16 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of United Kingdom (UK).

Thursday, 4 March 2021

SD Victotia

SD Victoria is a worldwide support ship operated by Serco Marine Services in support of the United Kingdom's Naval Service, seen here at the Great Harbour Greenock.

Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Monday, 4 February 2019

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Normand Atlantic

Norwegian offshore supply /tug ship built 1997.

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Vos Shine

Vos Shine an offshore support vessel seen in James Watt Dock.

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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