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.

Queen Mary Pleasure Steamer

Time table which I think was published in 1977

SFPA NORNA

Norna passing the Gantocks.
The Gantocks is a small cluster of rocks which lies at the mouth of West Bay, south of Dunoon in the Firth of Clyde, and is marked by an illuminated beacon which was built c. 1886. The beacon is partnered by the Cloch Lighthouse located on Cloch Point to the east, and the two were deliberately designed to have significantly different characters to avoid confusion. The character of a lighthouse or beacon describes the colour of the light, and the timing of its light and dark periods.

The Gantocks beacon tower has a height of 44 feet, with the focal plane of the light at 39 feet. The light is red, and flashes once every 6 seconds, with a range 6 nautical miles.

Courtesey of secretscotland.org.uk

Rothesay Dock,John Browns,Loninitz.

Looking down the Clyde ,is the imaginative title of this print,there is no date on the print .
Is that Clyde FC football ground to the right?

Canopus J

Canopus J at Greenock container terminal.

Western ferries

Western Ferries at twilight, they may not be the most interesting ferries to look at but with a fantastic backdrop and their distinctive colour,who could resist.

Timca

A multi purpose cargo carrier,when visiting Greenock her usual cargo is large paper reels ,you can visit her owners site HERE.

SD Oilpress

SD Oilpress making her way past Dumbarton Rock,the showery weather of October this year has brought its fair share of interesting rainbows,brightening the sky up ,temporarily anyway!

Greenock

An early morning shot of Greenock showing the entrance to the great harbour and the container terminal cranes in the distance.

Helgaland

After leaving the container terminal at Greenock ,Helgaland makes her way down the Firth.

Deo Volente

Deo Volentie making her way down river after delivering more wind mill parts to Sheildhall in Glasgow.

Warrior 111

Warrior 111 making her way up river.

Nena M

Nema M making her way up to Shieldhall in Glasgow,she was assisted by Ayton Cross and unusually by the smaller Clyde Marine tug Bruiser,Warrior 111 went on ahead she attaches her tow when they reach the more demanding bends as the river narrows.

Cephee M652

The French minehunter Cephee seen at Faslane june 2006.


A joint venture of the Navies of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, the Tripartite class of minehunters were conceived in the 1970s and built in the 1980s. France built the mine-hunting equipment, Belgium provided the electronics, and the Netherlands constructed the propulsion train. France and the Netherlands originally bought 15, with Belgium buying 10. All three countries' Tripartite ships contribute to NATO as part of MCMFORNORTH, or Mine Counter Measures Force North ("North" to distinguish itself from the Mediterraean minehunting fleet). Very expensive to repair, and operate.

Black Prince

Fryken

Fryken on its way to Rothesay dock with a cargo of fuel.