River Clyde Photography: SD TUGS

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Thursday 21 May 2015

Thursday 23 April 2015

SD Warden

SD Warden at Garvel dry dock for her winter refit.

Saturday 18 April 2015

SD Clyde Spirit

SD Clyde Spirit a military pilot boat seen passing through Rothesay Bay

Wednesday 4 February 2015

SD northern River seen passing Dumbarton on her way to Glasgow to collect specialised equipment for submarine rescue, a duty she has carried out for a few years. The Clyde has a few training areas for Royal Navy Submarines as well as a base at Faslane on the Gareloch.

Friday 31 October 2014

SD Dependable

SD Dependable making her way across the Firth to Faslane naval base.

Sunday 14 September 2014

SD Omagh

Friday 5 September 2014

SD Eva

Tuesday 15 July 2014

SD Kyle of Lochalsh

Kyle of Lochalsh a tug used for submarine trials and testing,usually off the Isle of Sky.

Monday 24 March 2014

Cape Elise

Cape Elise departing the Great Harbour having been in the harbour for essential repairs.
Due to her size it took five tugs to guide her out ,three Svitzers and two SD military tugs.
Click HERE for more details and pictures of her arriving in Greenock.

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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