River Clyde Photography: SD TUGS

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Wednesday 17 November 2010

Thursday 26 August 2010

Sunday 15 August 2010

Saturday 5 June 2010

SD Dexterous fire

On Wednesday the 12th of May SD Dexterous suffered a fire in her engine room, apparently not that bad and with no injuries to the crew.

The fire was put out with the on board CO2 drench system but the assistance of two other tugs was required to continue with boundary cooling,the tug was taken to James Watt Dock for investigation by the various authorities.

Saturday 29 May 2010

SD Impetus

SD Impetus leaving James Watt Dock ,a tug specifically built to berth Trident class submarines.

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Sunday 25 April 2010

SD Impulse

Tug for the Trident class submarines.

Saturday 24 April 2010

SD Dexterous

SD Dexterous,harbour tug for the Royal Navy.

Friday 5 March 2010

SD Nimble

Sd Nimble in the Gare Loch

Wednesday 3 March 2010

SD Nimble and SD Dexterous

SD Nimble and SD Dexterous head back to Faslane .

Sunday 14 February 2010

SD Omagh

Passing Greenock on her way to the Great Harbour.

Saturday 13 February 2010

SD Mars

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Friday 12 February 2010

SD Warden

Sd Warden at James Watt Dock click HERE for more SD Tugs.

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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