River Clyde Photography

Friday, 20 March 2015

Mississippi Star

The tanker Mississippi Star being manoeuvred into Rothesay Dock Clydebank.

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Royal Marines Faslane

Royal Marines at Faslane submarine base,seen here guarding a Trident nuclear submarine which had been at Coulport presumably to have the nuclear missiles removed .

Sunday, 15 March 2015

Alba Na Mara

Scientific research ship based at Millport,seen here in James Watt Dock.

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Monday, 9 March 2015

MV Caledonian Isles

MV Caledonian Isles leaves Ardrossan Harbour and heads into a stormy sunset.

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Sordyroy

Norwegian (Built 1966) live fish carrier making her way up to KGV in Glasgow.

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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Friday, 20 March 2015

Mississippi Star

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Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Royal Marines Faslane

Sunday, 15 March 2015

Alba Na Mara

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Karina G

Monday, 9 March 2015

MV Caledonian Isles

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Sordyroy

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