MV ISLE OF ARRAN

MV Isle of Arran arriving and departing Ardrossan Harbour Jan 2024.

FIONA ME 936

FIONA ME 936 arriving in Tarbert
 

Laura M

 Workboat at Ardrossan Harbour.

EVA London

Eva London passing the tail of the bank for KGV Glasgow to collect scrap metal.

Olivebank

 Olivebank was one of two steel barques built by Mackie & Thompson, Glasgow and considered to be the most famous of the A. Weir company. In February 1911, while at Santa Rosa, she had to be scuttled to douse a fire. She was later raised and repaired, but unfortunately, she ran aground at the same place just four months later !  She had various shipowners. On 8th September 1939, she was sunk by a mine off Jutland with the loss of all but 7 of the crew. 

MV Caledonian Isles

 MV Caledonian Isles in Garvel Drydock for her annual overhaul.

Willpower

 The tug Willpower owned by Williams Shipping seen here heading for Rothesay Dock after dumping her spoil at the Holy Loch, she is working on the dredging of the river for the new Renfrew bridge. 

Wilson Dublin

Pilot boarding Wilson Dublin at Gourock before heading for Glasgow.

CATHEILA

 Passing Castle Toward as she heads for Rothesay.

WHITE BEAR

White Bear, a Cygnus GM32 trawler yacht is based on the very successful Cygnus GM32 fishing boat hull design. Just a few cruising boat variations of this hull design were built. This boat has been sailed over the years through the French canals, the Med, Greece and Scotland until 2011, when it was transported to Croatia for ten years before returning to Scotland in 2021. 

Seen here arriving at Girvan Harbour.

HMS Conqueror

HMS Conqueror was the third of four Orion-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. 

Builder: William Beardmore and Company

Launched: 1 May 1911