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CRSC events 2016-17

Hebridean Princess in Oban Bay 31May2016

CRSC has lined up another superb series of illustrated talks for the coming winter months. Headline events include..

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A Hebridean Circle

Lord of the Isles and Waverley in Sound of Sleat 2 June 2016

Scrutinising the ferry-route map of the Hebrides, and drawing a circle on it, is a regular pastime of..

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Poll on ferry names

Design for new Arran and Uig triangle ferries

A CRSC-sponsored poll on possible names for two new Scottish ferries has created sharp divisions of opinion among..

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Queen Mary comes home

Queen Mary off Greenock on 16 May 2016

It was like the return of an ancient relic. A piece of shipping history, of Clyde history, battered..

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CRSC 2016 AGM

Talisman entering Rothesay Bay c1962

On 20 April 2016 CRSC enjoyed a cathartic finale to its winter session of meetings when, in the..

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Balmoral for the Clyde

Balmoral at Lochranza in 2008

Balmoral will return to the Clyde in September for the first time since 2012. The classic 1949 motorship,..

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Return of Queen Mary

Queen Mary II at Tighnabruaich in 1974

Friends of TS Queen Mary, a charity set up in 2012 to save the former Clyde turbine, have..

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Waverley 70th anniversary

Waverley-at-Ayr

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Waverley’s launch in October 1946. She begins her summer season with..

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CRSC excursion to Colonsay

Group-photo-at-Kennacraig

Our Colonsay excursion on Saturday 13 February 2016 encapsulated three ferry crossings, a coach journey round the Kyles..

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