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Snagged and sunk at Paringa 1862. Too large for River Murray, she failed to sail to New Zealand, [212] and went to the Brisbane River in 1864, [213] where she was still working in 1921. [214] Shamrock: 1884: Matulick & Oliver 1892 F. Matulick 1895: Bill Hoff J. Gillon 1886 (Mudie p. 231) Low-draught steamer was destroyed by fire 1895 Shannon
The Renfrew pier and slipway, with the Ferry Inn and the preserved marine engines from the paddle tug Clyde of 1851. One of the two Clydelink passenger ferries introduced in 2010 The second Clydelink passenger ferry introduced in 2010. The Renfrew Ferry is a passenger ferry service linking the north and south banks of the River Clyde in
Alexander Robertson & Sons was a boatyard in Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, from 1876 to 1980.The yard was located on the shore of the Holy Loch, not far from the Royal Clyde Yacht Club (RCYC) at Hunters Quay, in the building that is now the Royal Marine Hotel, which was the epicentre of early Clyde yachting.
Paddle steamer Waverley steaming down the Firth of Clyde. Turbine steamer Queen Mary laid up in Greenock. The Clyde steamer is the collective term for several passenger services that existed on the River Clyde in Scotland, running from Glasgow downstream to Rothesay and other towns, a journey known as going doon the watter. [1]
The river was then dredged to allow large ships to sail upriver to Glasgow. This brought a requirement of a ferry service between Erskine and Old Kilpatrick. Initially, a passenger-only service was available. The Clyde Navigation Trust acquired the service in 1907 and added a vehicle ferry boat to the crossing.
Maid of the Loch is the last of a long line of Loch Lomond steamers that began about 1816, within four years of Henry Bell's pioneering passenger steamboat service on the River Clyde. In 1950 the British Transport Commission , owner of the newly nationalised railways, made the decision to replace the Princess May and Prince Edward with a new ...
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Clyde-built ships database — ships and shipbuilders on the River Clyde; Clydebank Re-built Ltd. — regeneration of Clydebank; in particular, redevelopment of the riverfront areas previously given over to shipbuilding and marine engineering; Clydebank Restoration Trust; Clyde Waterfront Heritage — John Brown's Shipyard [permanent dead link ]