Svitzer Milford

Svitzer Milford returning to James Watt Dock.

Petkum

Container ship being manoeuvred into Greenock Ocean Terminal.

IE3

Fishing boat with a boring name,seen at Irvine Harbour.

Suderau

First picture shows her passing Toward lighthouse,the last at anchor off the coast at Gourock.

SD Omagh

SD Omagh heading up the Clyde on a particularly inclement day, although the wind surfers seemed to enjoy the strong winds.

Dutch Submarine

Dutch submarine entering Loch Long.

St Sunniva

In 1988, the ro-ro ferry "St. Sunniva" was introduced to P & O Ferries Northern Isles route, making it a daily service along with the "St. Clair" (IV). The "St. Sunniva" was the first and only ro-ro vessel to bear that name, and the third ship on the Shetland-Aberdeen run to do so, she is seen here berthed at the site of Glasgow garden festival during the 1980s.

View from Lyle Hill

Dunoon

Three steamers passing Dunoon from sometime in the 1960s.

MCA Hawk

Marchioness of Lorne (II)

Marchioness of Lorne (II) at Hunters Quay,she was built at Fairfields in 1935 she had a short life meeting the breakers in 1955.

She spent her time sailing between Greenock, Gourock, Kilcreggan, Cove, Blairmore and the Holy Loch piers.

Ali Cat ,Waverley

Ali Cat passing Waverley at Dunoon pier.

Gourock

Putting at Gourock

SS Christian Radich

Built in 1937 for the Norwegian ship owner Christian Radich,she is a three masted full rigged ship normally with a crew of 18,she was used in the BBC telivisiom series The Onedin Line.

Seaway Endeavour

Seaway Endeavour in James Watt Dock, she was an acoustic research vessel of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service department of the Royal Navy, since November 2000 operated under contract by Serco Denholm, based at HMNB Clyde, Great Harbour, Greenock. Twelve scientists could be carried, and the ship was used in support of trials as well as supporting RN diving training.

The ship was named after Colonel James Templer, an early British military pioneer of balloons.

Built by Hall, Russell & Company in 1966 as a stern trawler then converted in 1980 for use by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, her displacement is 1,300 tonnes and dimensions 56 m by 11 m by 5.6 m. Her complement is 14 and speed 12 knots. After a serious fire gutted the ship in 1990 it had a major rebuild, and it was converted in 2001 to support diving training. By July 2011 she was on the sales list and sold to a Swedish firm and her name changed to 'Seaway Endeavour' with a blue and white livery for further future use as a research trials ship.