HMS Dauntless

On a grey rainy day HMS Dauntless was led down the Clyde to start her sea trials,her first test was anchor trials,she then moved further down the Firth accompanied by two tugs.

HMS Dauntless and Daring

Daring and Dauntless photographed on the 12 November at the Scotstoun shipyard,Daring is on the inside having passed her sea trials.Dauntless D33 is due to leave the Clyde on the 14th November to start her sea trials.




The crew were working through the night with the ship tannoy announcing fire drills,a steady stream of stores were being brought on the ship.

MV Saturn

MV Saturn dressed overall as she escorted the QE2 up the Clyde on her farewell visit.

Largs Queen Mary 11

Queen Marry 11 at Largs ,the smaller ferry is Courisk,post card is from the 1970s

HMS Dragon

On the slipway Sunday 9th November,HMS Dragon,due to be launched Monday the 17 th November.

She will be fourth type 45 to be launched,and the third from the Govan yard.

Click HERE for photographs of her being built.

Type 45 destroyers,

BAE shipyard at Scotstoun,better known as Yarrors,in the background are two of the latest type 45 destroyers,HMS Daring and Dauntless.

Dumbarton Rock

A motor launch leaves the Clyde and enters the levan at Dumbarton Rock,the large rocks in the background are popular with climbers.

Tern

Gull yellow legged

Curlew

Dolores Ibarruri ."The Passion Flower"

On the Banks of the Clyde at Custom House Quay, a short walk from the suspension bridge in the heart of Glasgow lies this superb statue of Dolores Ibarruri ."The Passion Flower".

The International Brigade's monument to the British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9. Their fight against fascism is embodied in the statue of Dolores Ibarruri (1895-1989)

Looking a bit worse for ware these days ,but still a striking sculpture.

More information on her life is HERE

FESCO ANGARA

Heading upriver to Shieldhall in Glasgow with another load of animal feed.


FESCO ANGARA

BULK CARRIER

GROSS TONNAGE

22.629 tons

BUILD 1985

BUILDER
HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ULSAN - SOUTH KOREA

FLAG MARSHALL ISLANDS

OWNER . ANGARA MARITIME PANAMA

Millport

Photograph taken from the pier at Millport

Fife Regatta

The third Fife Regatta took place on the Clyde in June and photographer Marc Turner was there.
The event was a celebration of the designs of WM. Fife and Sons who designed and built classic sailing yachts at their yard in Fairlie around the turn of the century .

Marc has produced a calendar of some of the best shots he took that week. It has been designed in a simple and elegant manner ,sympathetic to the timelessly elegant lines of these classic yachts .

More information is available Here

Clydebank

Looking across the river from Erskine to Clydebank,the shipyards have gone,now a college stands on the place were men built the most famous ships in the world. Only the famous Clydebank Titan crane remains to remind the younger generation of their fathers proud feats of engineering.

Sailing off the coast of Gourock.

RMS Viper

The Viper was built at the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co's yard in Govan in 1906 and was 315 feet in length. She had three steam turbines powering the triple screws, making her one of the company's fastest ships with a top speed of 22 knots. The steamer worked the Ardrossan-Belfast route from 1906 to 1914.

The ship served as a troop carrier in the English Channel during the First World War but returned to operation on her pre-war route in 1919. However the unrest in Ireland resulted in the decline in passenger traffic with Scotland and Viper was sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co in 1920 and renamed Snaefell.

Ali Cat

Ali Cat is a small passenger only ferry run by CalMac on the Gourock and Dunoon route,she only helps at peak times during the day.

HMS Penzance

Sandown Class Minehunter passing Gourock.

Flying Elf at Greenock

Post card showing the paddle tug FLYING ELF which was built by Eltringham at South Shields for the Clyde Shipping Co.

She lasted until 1925 and was broken up by John Hunter at Partick.