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MV Kungsholm
MV Kungsholm was built in 1966 by the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland as a combined ocean liner / cruise ship for the Swedish American Line. She was later rebuilt as a full-time cruise ship sailing under the names MV Sea Princess, MV Victoria, MV Oceanic II and MV Mona Lisa. In September 2010 she was retired from service as she did not fulfil requirements to SOLAS 2010, becoming the floating hotel Veronica, before being scrapped in 2016.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia
Ardnadam Pier
It was built in 1858 and was a traditional steamer pier and was an important link to Glasgow for the remote communities around the Holy Loch.
The Royal Navy established a base here during WW2, traffic greatly reduced after the war, but its fortune changed in 1961 when the American US Polaris submarines were based in the Loch.
The navy base was very controversial at the time and a lot of protests and demonstrations took place over the years.
The base closed in 1992.
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