San Fernando

Taken about 15 minutes before launch.

The Trinidad and Tobago patrol boat San Fernando was launched on the 16 July at 04:00 in the morning ,the weather was to say the least foul.

Port Bannatyne

Port Bannatyne started in 1801 with the building of a small harbour on Kames Bay. It was created by the Bannatynes of Kames as a planned village in an attempt to rival Rothesay. Initially known as Kamesburgh, by the mid 1800s steamers were calling there regularly.

In 1860 the Marquess of Bute purchased this part of the island and renamed the village Port Bannatyne in honour of the long historical association of the Bannatyne family with the area and the nearby Kames Castle, which lies on the western outskirts of the village.

In 1879 a narrow gauge horse drawn tram linked Port Bannatyne with Rothesay. This was electrified and extended across the island to Ettrick Bay in 1902.

In the Second World War midget submarines exercised in the bay and nearby Loch Striven.

Port Bannatyne developed into the 1900s as a quieter alternative to Rothesay.

Boat building became an important local industry.

Thanks to Wikipedia for some of the information.

Arklow Faith

Glasgow Green

Glasgow Green looking down river towards the court buildings,probably dates from the later half of the 19nth century.

Innellan

A small village a few miles from Dunoon.

Waverley

In the background is Castle Toward.

Sea Otter

Seen passing Largs,the two tugs are waiting for a bulker arriving for Hunterson.