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Saturday 17 November 2012

Bute and Loch Dunvegan








Caledonian Mac Braynes Bute and Loch Dunvegan in Garvel dry dock for their yearly check up.

Friday 16 November 2012

HMS Duncan D37
























HMS Duncan the sixth and last type 45 on her second set of sea trials.

Sunday 11 November 2012

Craigendoran Pier



















 Craigendoran pier was opened to steamers on the 15 May 1882,
Trains from the North British ran from Queen Street station Glasgow straight to the pier head to connect with the steamers.
The pier and station lies approximately 1 mile south of Helensburgh,the pier at Helensburgh was deemed unfit for steamers due its shallow depth water ,it was also considered to be to far from the train station.
Craigendoran pier closed in 1972, with the cessation of steamer services, after 90 years in operation.
Not much survives today of the pier, its difficult to imagine steamers pulling in with hundreds of Glaswegians on their holidays ,walking round the area you can still spot cobble stones under the undergrowth, the odd bollard ,shards of broken posts.