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Friday, 13 February 2009

World Trader













Heading into the Firth having delivered animal feed to Glasgow.

Nordpoint

The tanker Nordpoint in Rothesay Dock Glasgow.

Thursday, 12 February 2009

British Bombardier

An advert for the shipbuilders Stephen of Linthouse,published Jan 1965,the ship herself was launched 18 May 62.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Second Snark

The Second Snark,a popular cruiser on the Clyde,she is seen passing Govan shipbuilders with HMS Dragon on the slipway.

Monday, 9 February 2009

SS Empress of Scotland

An advert cut from an old magazine .

Empress of Scotland built at the Fairfield shipyard in Govan and launched on the 17 12 1929,she had a few refits in her time and I believe ended up with the one funnel.

Click HERE to read an interesting history of Canadian Pacific Line.

Friday, 6 February 2009

Lyrika



Collecting scrap metal from  Diesel Wharf in Glasgow

Queen Elizabeth


The front cover of a magazine published 1954 in America.