Russian Submarine.

A bit of the beaten track for The River Clyde blog,I took these photographs in 1990 at Cairn Ryan.

The submarines in the breakers yard are Russian, I recall they made the news when they arrived as the tugs that towed them encountered stormy weather and one of the submarines almost sunk.

Sail Boats

Sailing regattas are popular on the Clyde resorts all year round.

RMAS Forceful

RMAS Forceful was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun and launched on 14/05/1957.
Sadly she was scrapped not long after these photographs were taken in 1990.

When her days were over as a tug she was used as a missile target, but survived. Attempts were made to have her saved from the breakers yard but alas none were successful.

Bitter

Bitter awaiting the arrival of Nordstern.

NordStern

Nordstern arrived upriver shortly after Sten Tor,she was helped by the tug Bitter who manoeuvred her into the Lobnitz Basin.

Sten Odin

Sten Odin arrived at Rothsey Dock this morning,she was helped by the tug Bruiser.

Glaciere

The sail ship Glaciere which is based in Liverpool heads for Victoria Harbour in Greenock,she had just sailed down from Glasgow after visiting The River festival.