RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 Since real 'ferry' ferries have been included in this topic before, I feel I can add these two pictures, both taken in August 1962. The Ballachulish Ferry: img089.jpg and the Corran Ferry: img088.jpg Does anyone remember the notice at the top of the short road down to the Corran Ferry on the east side of Loch Linnhe which said, in large letters, 'THIS IS NOT THE BALLACHULISH FERRY'? I remember cycling onto either that ferry or a very similar one in 1973. I think it cost me 10p to go across. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted March 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 Just to let people know there is an exhibition on in Glasgow next week. "Ship Ahoy" will be held on the Glenlee tall ship berthed at the transport museum. Details are on the CRSC website. There will be several model Clyde Steamers on show and stands by a few societies. A fairly small affair but if you are interested in Clyde steamers and shipping in the West of Scotland it might be worth a visit. Entrance is free although I think you pay a small amount for the car park at the Transport (Riverside) Museum Oops should have mentioned date! Sat April 5th 10 till 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhighlandline Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 This might be interesting to anyone with a tremendously big pocketbook, modelling in N: http://www.shapeways.com/model/737037/mv-loch-linnhe-1-148.html?li=shop-results&materialId=6 And here's my own contribution to the topic: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 A few shots of the Isle of Lewis taken at Ullapool July 2013. ...and the elusive MV Muirneag. on charter to Calmac for several years. Based in Stornoway, she worked the overnight freight service to/from Ullapool before being replaced in September? 2013. Stornoway July 2013. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 A couple of pics I found in the attic. Not sure of the date, after 93 and before bridge opened! Hope they are of interest, Angus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 MV 'Hebridean Isles', taken on October 8 from Ellenabeich on Seil, with Mull in the background: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/plans-drawn-up-remove-tuxedo-12683526 Looks like it's now 'game over' for the "Dover". 5 1/2 years sitting on the bottom won't have done her chances of survival any good. So, presumably the easy way to shift her will be to close off the sea suctions and overboards, pump her out with salvage pumps and tow her over to Seal Sands and an appointment with the gas-axe. Still an expensive business though - especially with the asbestos issue to deal with. Sad, but inevitable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Although it is now a long way from Scotland the 'Westward Ho' that now operates out of Weston-super-Mare has Scottish roots having been built as the Cromarty Rose to operate between Cromarty and Nigg. Publicity material on the vessel states that it was then the smallest car ferry in operation with a capacity of 2 vehicles, The 'Westward Ho' alongside Knightstone Island in Weston-super-Mare 21/11/2015 cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Do models count ? If not I will happily remove the post Two scratch built on a whim ! Thames barge A generic take on a Swiss paddle steamer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2017 NLV Pole Star at sea between the isle of Man and Burrow Head (the motor boat was collecting charts from the Pole Star for THV Patricia) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Do models count ? If not I will happily remove the post Wot he said. MV 'Hebridean' Isles sailing on a very calm ironing board... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted August 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2017 Here are a couple of cruise ships in Barrow-in-Furness docks. I was taking some of the passengers round the Lake District in one of the coaches. Going over the Kirkstone Pass several asked 'whey are your roads so narrow?' And now for a model. My Brother-in-Law has Parkinson's disease but has built this out of scrap... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Many years ago when I was only a wee child I was taken on a day trip with my parents, sister and grandparents. We went by train to Largs and from there boarded the M.V. Glen Sannox for a trip out to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute and then around the Isle of Arran then back, once again stopping at Rothesay before returning to Largs then back on the train and home. A very long day. On a slightly smaller scale does anybody remember the layout Kyle of Tongue, built by Steve Flint (now editor of Railway Modeller), and the model of M.V. Isle of Arran. I once spent a good hour or so chatting to Steve about the model ship and looking at the amount of detail inside. Steve also had a folder full of scale drawings and photos of the real vessel so he could model the vessel as accurately as possible. I would love to find out what happened to the layout and if the model was ever completed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I recently picked up a batch of family pictures that my brother had been keeping for me. Amongst them was this one which I had taken but didn't have a print of. It's "Loch Seaforth" leaving Kyle of Lochalsh in August 1962. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2017 I have some very happy memories of a rip from Stornoway to Mallaig on the Loch Seaforth in 1970 after a holiday on Lewis. I did hear that it came to a rather sad end. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted October 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2017 I have some very happy memories of a rip from Stornoway to Mallaig on the Loch Seaforth in 1970 after a holiday on Lewis. I did hear that it came to a rather sad end. Yes, hit a rock in the Sound of Gunna and managed to get to Tiree pier where a bulkhead collapsed and she promptly sank, blocking the pier for a couple of months. She was eventually beached on Tiree and repaired sufficiently to enable her to be towed off for scrapping. The vessel currently on the Oban - Coll -Tiree run is the MV Clansman. This picture, taken on a grey morning last week, shows her passing through the Sound of Gunna on the Wednesdays-only service from Tiree to Castlebay on Barra. The Clansman is a very comfortable ship that rides the sometimes stormy waters off the west of Scotland very well - I believe that she maintained the service even through the difficult weather of the last few days which was fortunate for the many widsurfers booked to attend the Tiree Wave Classic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 June 2017. Unusual to see Lord of the Isles on the Mallaig-Armadale run? At Armadale.. Departing Mallaig.. At Mallaig.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal.n Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 A mallaig sunset Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 June 2017. Unusual to see Lord of the Isles on the Mallaig-Armadale run? At Armadale.. IMG_6269.JPG IMG_6306.JPG Departing Mallaig.. IMG_6307.JPG At Mallaig.. IMG_6323.JPG IMG_6326.JPG LOTI is on the Lochboisdale-Mallaig run making one round trip a day but in between outward/inward legs she also does two round trips to Armadale from Mallaig.That's been the case now for a couple of years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 LOTI is on the Lochboisdale-Mallaig run making one round trip a day but in between outward/inward legs she also does two round trips to Armadale from Mallaig.That's been the case now for a couple of years Hello Bon Accord. I'm interested in the Cal Mac fleet but no expert when it comes to sailings etc. On that particular day she did three return trips then "disappeared" from the Mallaig-Armadale run... Thanks to your info I now know she was off back to Lochboisdale! Thanks Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotcent Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Recently discovered these amongst my archives. Marchioness of Graham approaching Whiting Bay in 1957. Not a happy ship as described by Richard M Orr ("The Marchioness of Graham: a Purser's Log"). This, with the "Caledonia", was the usual boat awaiting us at Ardrossan for our annual sojurn to Arran from 1956. Then about 1960 we visited Oban, and met the "Lochinvar" -- loading cars by cargo net! About the same time I was able to walk across the Forth Bridge (THE Forth Bridge!) and was able to get this view of the ferries. No idea which they were. Allan F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2017 Interesting site on the ferries:http://www.queensferrypassage.co.uk/index.html One page mentions differences:http://www.queensferrypassage.co.uk/8%20-%20Spot%20The%20Difference.html There's also a gallery link on the first page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Here are a couple from our trip to the Outer Isles last month. Firstly, Hebrides arriving at Uig to take us to Harris Secondly, Loch Seaforth at Ullapool having brought us over from Stornaway in some style. A lovely boat and a great breakfast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 While were on the subject can any one tell me how wide the actual paddles are on the Waverley, I've been looking on the web and can find its length, beam (over all) and draft plus all the engine dimensions but know where can I find the width of the paddles alone. Looking at the pictures of Waverley I think about 10 to 12 ft each but that's a pure guess so if any one can help I'd be very grateful Thanks Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 While were on the subject can any one tell me how wide the actual paddles are on the Waverley, I've been looking on the web and can find its length, beam (over all) and draft plus all the engine dimensions but know where can I find the width of the paddles alone. Looking at the pictures of Waverley I think about 10 to 12 ft each but that's a pure guess so if any one can help I'd be very grateful Thanks Steve Do you mean the paddle floats or the paddle wheel itself? The wooden paddle floats are 11' x 3' in size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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