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Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenok
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CEP - Greenock and Inner Firth of Clyde
RMS Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock in 1966. Constructed in the mid 1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank. RMS Queen Elizabeth was a Royal Mail Ship (RMS). She was sold to a Hong Kong business to convert her into a floating university. She caught fire during construction and capsized. She was partially scrapped where she lay. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
02 January 1966
Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock
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CEP - Greenock and Inner Firth of Clyde
RMS Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock in 1966. Constructed in the mid 1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank. RMS Queen Elizabeth was a Royal Mail Ship (RMS). She was sold to a Hong Kong business to convert her into a floating university. She caught fire during construction and capsized. She was partially scrapped where she lay. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
02 January 1966
RMS Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock
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CEP - Greenock and Inner Firth of Clyde
RMS Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock in 1966. Constructed in the mid 1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank. RMS Queen Elizabeth was a Royal Mail Ship (RMS). She was sold to a Hong Kong business to convert her into a floating university. She caught fire during construction and capsized. She was partially scrapped where she lay. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
02 January 1966
Royal Navy frigate HMS Cornwall at Yarrows 1987
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Royal Navy frigate HMS Cornwall at Yarrows 1987. Following her launch in 1985, she was fitting out ready for service. Yarrows is now part of BAE Systems. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Greenock Container Terminal and RFA Gold Rover in 1987
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
Greenock Container Terminal and RFA Gold Rover in 1987. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
QE2
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Ships and boats in the Firth of Clyde
QE2 sailing down the Firth after her return to the Clyde to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her launch.
20 September 2007
QE2
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Ships and boats in the Firth of Clyde
QE2 turning off Greenock Esplanade during her return to the Clyde to celebrate the 40th anniversary
40th anniversary of her launch.
20 September 2007
QE2 on her maiden voyage passing Dumbarton Rock Nov 19, 1968
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Ships and boats in the Firth of Clyde
QE2 on her maiden voyage passing Dumbarton Rock Nov 19, 1968.
I should have been at Glasgow University, but instead I was on top of Dumbarton Rock for this historic occasion!
31 August 2009
Great Yellow Bumblebee on Common knapweed, Balranald
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. The distinguishing feature of this rare bee is the band of black hairs across the thorax where the wings join the body.
05 August 2017
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.
