Fraoch

Work boat belonging to the Toward Moorings and Towage Ltd.

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Fencer

Fencer sails from the Braehead shopping centre at Renfrew to the city centre Glasgow.

Scarborough and San Fernando

Scarborough with San Fernando in the shed waiting to be launched.

The gates removed and the slipway extended,this picture was taken a few hours before high tide.

At the side of the shed you can see the drag chains that will slow her decent and bring her to a halt on launch day.

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AB Valencia

Departing from Diesel Wharf with the usual load of scrap metal for Spain.

Maersk Bentonville and Brooklyn

Seen at the tail of the bank after their lay up in Loch Srtriven.

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John Browns Shipyard

John Browns shipyard ,with what looks like a Cunarder and the Royal Navy ship HMS Tiger in the fitting out basin.

Maersk Maryland and Maine

Maersk Maryland and Maine seen berthed at the Great Harbour Greenock.

Maersk Beaumont

Having been laid up in Loch Striven for a year Maersk Beaumont prepares to leave the Clyde.

Scarborough

TT Scarborough berthed at BAE Scotstoun,in the background is HMS diamond.

St Mungo

St Mungo hard at work keeping the Clyde clean,she is a popular site in this stretch of the Clyde that runs through the city centre

Kames Castle

On the shore of Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne on the Island of Bute, the castle consists of a 14th Century tower, with a house built on it in the 18th Century.

Originally the seat of the Bannatyne family, Kames is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Scotland.

Sylvester

A small work boat working on the berth at the new transport museum in Glasgow.

Het Leven

"Tjalk" which is a flat bottom sailing boat with sideboards instead of a keel.

More of a coastal than deep sea vessel, this type of boat would have traded between Scotland and the Netherlands. Still authentic, with original cargo hatches,built 1912.

Crown Princess

Shoalway

The river at the Govan shipyard being dredged,this part of the river is pretty much dead these days but ,dredging usually takes place before a launch.