HMS Penzance

Sandown Class Minehunter passing Gourock.

Flying Elf at Greenock

Post card showing the paddle tug FLYING ELF which was built by Eltringham at South Shields for the Clyde Shipping Co.

She lasted until 1925 and was broken up by John Hunter at Partick.

Queen Mary Pleasure Steamer

Time table which I think was published in 1977

SFPA NORNA

Norna passing the Gantocks.
The Gantocks is a small cluster of rocks which lies at the mouth of West Bay, south of Dunoon in the Firth of Clyde, and is marked by an illuminated beacon which was built c. 1886. The beacon is partnered by the Cloch Lighthouse located on Cloch Point to the east, and the two were deliberately designed to have significantly different characters to avoid confusion. The character of a lighthouse or beacon describes the colour of the light, and the timing of its light and dark periods.

The Gantocks beacon tower has a height of 44 feet, with the focal plane of the light at 39 feet. The light is red, and flashes once every 6 seconds, with a range 6 nautical miles.

Courtesey of secretscotland.org.uk

Rothesay Dock,John Browns,Loninitz.

Looking down the Clyde ,is the imaginative title of this print,there is no date on the print .
Is that Clyde FC football ground to the right?

Canopus J

Canopus J at Greenock container terminal.

Western ferries

Western Ferries at twilight, they may not be the most interesting ferries to look at but with a fantastic backdrop and their distinctive colour,who could resist.