United States Navy submarine passes Cloch Lighthouse on her way to Navy Base, Faslane

SOUND OF SCARBA at McInroy's Point, Gourock and loading for Hunter's Quay, Firth of Clyde

Tug ANGLEGARTH passing Custom House Quay, Greenock to meet inbound French Destroyer AQUITAINE

French destroyer F S AQUITAINE passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way to Glasgow

F S AQUITAINE was heading up the River Clyde for King George V Dock, Glasgow, and escorted ahead by the tug CMS WRESTLER and at the stern by the tug ANGLEGARTH

SD ORONSAY passing Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way inbound to Great Harbour

Royal Marine Fast Attack Boat passing Custom House Quay, Greenock

In the second image the colourful supply / support vessel KINGDOM OF FIFE can be seen anchored at the Tail-of-the Bank anchorage.

ARKLOW COVE passing Custom House Quay, Greenock with scrap metal for Seville, Spain

Apologies for the low quality images.   The afternoon was very dull, the sky completely overcast, with poor visibility and a strong wind and heavy rain.

Painting of The Harbour, Newquay, Cornwall, England

Contributed by “Tredegar”

HAV DOLPHIN at Ayr, Scotland with a cargo of Limestone from Galway, Ireland

LMZ TITAN passing Greenock on her way up the River Clyde to Glasgow with grain from Argentina

Cyprus flagged EINSTEIN leaves Greenock Container Terminal with containers for Dublin (Ireland)

Gibraltar registered oil tanker FRANK passes Lunderston Bay (Firth of Clyde), inbound to Finnart

Gibraltar registered chemical / oil tanker FRANK passes Lunderston Bay (Firth of Clyde), inbound to load at Finnart (Loch Long)

Troon Tug Company's ro-ro landing craft RED BARONESS at Old Dock, Troon

Caledonian MacBrayne's CATRIONA undergoing maintenance at Dales Drydock, Troon

During the summer months CATRIONA normally serves on the Lochranza (Isle of Arran) to Tarbert (Loch Fyne) route.

CALEDONIAN ISLES arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with passengers and vehicles from Brodick

   Apologies for the poor image quality. 

 It was a dull and heavily overcast afternoon when the ferry CALEDONIAN ISLES arrived at Ardrossan Harbour on her regular service from Brodick (Isle of Arran).

   The Scottish Gaelic language for CALEDONIAN ISLES is “Eileanan Chaledonia” and this is shown on the superstructure in the second image.