River Clyde Photography: Trawler/Fishing Boats

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Sunday 15 November 2020

Orkla FR 699

Orkla FR 699 seen here at Ardrossan Harbour.

Saturday 31 October 2020

Three Boys CN7

Three Boys seen at Gourock she is mainly used for Prawn Creeling & Scallop Diving.

Friday 3 July 2020

Lara 1

The trawler Argo K was transported to Dales Marine’s yard at Garvel in Greenock by crane barge Lara 1.

The fishing boat sank at a trawler dock near Drogheda at the end of April.

Wednesday 10 June 2020

MV Contest

The fishing boat Contest seen here passing The Lady Isle off the coast at Troon.

She was involved in a collision with another fishing boat Callina II in 2015 off the east coast of the Isle of Lewis.

No one was injured and the crews managed to Stornoway Isle of Lewis.

Monday 8 June 2020

Sunday 17 May 2020

Kittyfisher

Seen just outside the Harbour at Maidens.

Friday 17 April 2020

Wednesday 1 April 2020

Thursday 19 March 2020

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

Guide Them

Guide them at Ardrossan Harbour.

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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