River Clyde Photography

Saturday, 24 April 2010

HMS Severn

Seen here at the Tail of the Bank while on the Joint Warrior exercise April 2010

SD Dexterous

SD Dexterous,harbour tug for the Royal Navy.

Friday, 23 April 2010

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Early Morning Ferrys

Two Western ferry's and CalMacs Ali Cat heading for Gourock.

Monday, 19 April 2010

Condor

Condor is a Ministry of Defence police launch ,she is seen here heading for Faslane Navy Base.

USS Laboon (DDG-58)

USS Laboon (DDG-58) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.

Departing the Clyde to take part in Joint warrior 2010.

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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Saturday, 24 April 2010

HMS Severn

SD Dexterous

Friday, 23 April 2010

HMS Cumberland

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Lorrine

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Early Morning Ferrys

Monday, 19 April 2010

Condor

USS Laboon (DDG-58)

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