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Monday 26 June 2023

MV Isle of Arran

 











MV Isle of Arran making her way down West Loch Tarbert to Islay.

Chernihiv M310



 Ukrainian Naval Ship Chernihiv (ex-HMS Grimsby) seen here at Campbeltown Harbour.

Sunday 25 June 2023

MV Maid of Cumbrae


 MV Maid of Cumbrae was a British passenger ferry operated by Caledonian Steam Packet Company from 1953. In the face of the car ferry revolution, in 1972, she was converted to a 15-car ferry for the Dunoon to Gourock crossing. Sold to Italian owners in 1978, she operated, as Capri Express in the Bay of Naples until 2006, when she was scrapped.

Maid of Cumbrae was the last of a quartet of passenger vessels ordered in 1951 to modernise the Clyde fleet. She was built by Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. As demand switched from short cruises to car ferries, in 1972, she was converted to operate as a 15-car ferry. She operated in this configuration for three years and was then sold in 1978, for a new career in the Adriatic.


Information courtesy of Wikipedia 

Saturday 24 June 2023

Monday 19 June 2023

MV Isle of Arran








 MV Isle of Arran departing from Ardrossan.

Hyndford Bridge







 Hyndford Bridge built 1773, engineer Alexander Stevens. A 4-span bridge with segmental arches of unequal size. The arch rings are of dressed stone.

The bridge carries the A73 over the Clyde about two miles south-east of Lanark.

Sunday 18 June 2023

Forth Warrior

 






Forth Warrior operated by Briggs Marine, seen here at Fairlie Pier.

Ocean Endeavour








 MS Ocean Endeavour is a cruise ship built in Poland in 1981.

On 5 September 2019, passengers of Adventure Canada on Ocean Endeavour were the first members of the public to visit the site of the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships of the ill-fated Franklin expedition which aimed to traverse the North-West Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.[