River Clyde Photography

Tuesday, 5 September 2023

World Traveler

Built by West SEA Shipyard in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, World Traveller is 423 feet in length, 9,930 gross tons, and features eight decks.

Monday, 4 September 2023

Fiona

Ex RMAS Fiona, Felicity Class water tractor, vandalised and adrift in the Leven.

See HERE for previous pictures.

Scald

Trailing suction hopper dredger Scald heading for The Great Harbour Greenock.

Click HERE for a detailed description.

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Glen Sannox

Glen Sannox entering Ardrossan Harbour she was built by James & George Thomson, Clydebank in 1892, scrapped 1925.

Explora 1

In October 2018 MSC Group announced an order with Fincantieri for four luxury cruise ships.

The line's first ship, Explora 1 completed its sea trials in April 2023. Delivery was delayed due to faulty fire panels. Its first cruise started 1 August 2023 departing from Copenhagen.

Saturday, 2 September 2023

Glen Mhoor

Glen Mhoor workboat at Nobles yard Girvan.

MV Isle of Arran

MV isle of Arran arriving in Oban as the winter sun sets.

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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Tuesday, 5 September 2023

World Traveler

Monday, 4 September 2023

Fiona

Scald

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Glen Sannox

Explora 1

Saturday, 2 September 2023

Glen Mhoor

MV Isle of Arran

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