Other articles where Clydeside Shipyards is discussed: River Clyde: The famous Clydeside shipyards, which still border the river for 20 miles (32 km) below Glasgow, suffered severely from foreign competition after World War II. As the River Clyde steamed slowly in, the sun was facing her and it was very difficult to see the shore on account of smoke from the bursting shells.
Find out about the history of The Tall Ship, Glenlee on Glasgow's River Clyde.
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As the Clyde Yards were busy replacing warships & freight ships for the convoys, a lot of these little ships were built in England, to much the same design as had been previously built on the Clyde. For their bravery six of them were decorated with Victoria Crosses : Commander Unwin (aged 51), Midshipmen George Drewry (20) and Wilfred Malleson (18), Able Seaman William Williams (34) and Seaman George Samson (26), plus Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Tisdall (24) of the Royal Naval Division … Falls of Clyde is the last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, and the only remaining sail-driven oil tanker.Designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1989, she is now a museum ship in Honolulu, but her condition has deteriorated. The River Clyde was beached at 'V' Beach and amongst the Battalions were 1st Bn Royal Munsters, 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers and 2nd Hampshires - all part of 29th Division - the last Regular Div to be sent in to a theatre of war. The river reaches its estuary, the Firth of Clyde, through hilly country near the coastal towns of Dumbarton and Greenock. The River Clyde had - 4 companies of Munsters, 2 of Hampshires and one of 1st Dublins. In late 2010 she will move alongside the new Riverside Museum. The ship headed for the beach and was run ashore about 06.25 hours, and grounded without the slightest jar in water that was out of the men's depth. Members of River Clyde ' s crew maintained the bridge from the ship to the beach and recovered the wounded.
This popular visitor attraction is listed on the UK Register of Historic Vessels and is identified as one of 50 or so nationally pre-eminent historic ships in the UK. She is currently not open to the public.
Moored on the River Clyde, waiting to unload its cargo of raw east African sugar for the Tate & Lyle refinery in Greenock, the MV Captayannis took the full force of the storm. So although VIC32 is a Clyde Puffer, it was built in Yorkshire. Marine Accident Investigation Branch reports ... Loss of cargo containers overboard from container ship CMA CGM G. Washington.