River Clyde Photography: Trawler/Fishing Boats

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Tuesday 4 February 2020

Village Belle iv.

Monday 20 January 2020

Dillon Owen

Dillon Owen being scrapped at James Watt Dock.

For pictures of her arrival at Greenock click HERE

Thursday 16 January 2020

Thursday 26 December 2019

Tuesday 17 December 2019

The Cork registered trawler Dillon Owen ran aground on rocks at Ardglass in County Down Northern Ireland, there was no loss of life.

On 27 October 2019 she was salvaged and brought to Dale's dry dock facility at James Watt Dock Greenock.

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Ranger

Ranger fishing at The Isle of Cumbrae.

Wednesday 16 October 2019

Mo Mhairi

Tuesday 24 September 2019

Clansman

Clansman heading upriver to Rothesay Dock Clydebank for some maintenance, flying the Union Jack for some reason!

Tuesday 13 August 2019

Ranger

Ranger landing her catch at Largs.

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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Tuesday 4 February 2020

Monday 20 January 2020

Dillon Owen

Thursday 16 January 2020

Guide Them

Thursday 26 December 2019

Endurance

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Dillon Owen

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Ranger

Wednesday 16 October 2019

Mo Mhairi

Tuesday 24 September 2019

Clansman

Tuesday 13 August 2019

Ranger

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