From Millport to Malta
More than 20 years after leaving the Clyde, the former Millport passenger ferry Keppel is still in service..
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Balmoral on the Clyde — ‘a good experience’
Was Balmoral’s September weekend visit to Scotland a success? With one cancelled sailing and modest loadings on two..
❯ Read MoreThe Clyde’s Measured Miles
Until the introduction of GPS-based sea trials nearly 20 years ago, the most precise way of measuring a..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: September 2016
The daily procession of ferries in and out of Oban Bay makes it a popular destination for ship..
❯ Read MoreInterview: Captain David Howie
When David Howie left Scotland 11 years ago to start a cadetship with an international shipping company, he..
❯ Read MoreA day on the Campbeltown triangle
Of all this summer’s cruising opportunities on the Clyde, one day stood out for CRSC committee member Roy..
❯ Read MoreExhibition Review — ‘When the Clyde Ruled the Waves’
Robert Cleary welcomes Clydebank Museum’s display of artefacts and pictures evoking Clydeside’s glorious past as ‘shipbuilder to the..
❯ Read MoreBook Review — ‘British Paddle Steamers’ by John Megoran
The history of paddlers north and south of the border is given a personal slant by the former..
❯ Read MoreBalmoral to Bideford
As Balmoral prepares to visit the Clyde for four days of sailings over the September weekend, Richard Coton..
❯ Read MoreA day on Waverley in 1970
‘Round of the Lochs and Firth of Clyde’ was one of Waverley’s best-known cruises in the era before..
❯ Read MoreQuiz winners receive their prizes
There were two winners of the recent CRSC quiz — James Fisher of Ayr and Alistair Black of..
❯ Read MoreBook Review — ‘MV Isle of Lewis’ by Mark Nicolson
Mark Nicolson is known in shipping circles for the quality of his photography and his enthusiasm for CalMac..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: August 2016
Robert Beale tells the story of Scotland’s sole surviving turntable ferry. Quietly crossing the narrows at Glenelg, year..
❯ Read MoreA Cruise on Loch Katrine
Robert Cleary assesses the appeal of one of Scotland’s oldest tourist destinations. I recently went to the Trossachs..
❯ Read MoreRed Princess — an unlikely relief
Caledonian MacBrayne charters timber ferry for Islay after Hebridean Isles suffers visor damage and is dry-docked for repairs. For a..
❯ Read MoreMemories of a Wartime Purser
As a teenager in the early 1940s Ian Halliday worked on five Clyde steamers. Now 90, he is..
❯ Read MoreCatriona on trials
Since her launch at Port Glasgow in December 2015 Catriona has been fitting out alongside Ferguson Marine’s Newark..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: July 2016
Graeme Hogg, assistant purser of Cowal 1970-72, recalls his experiences on the short-lived Fairlie-Brodick-Tarbert service. A virtually deserted Cowal..
❯ Read MoreQuiz — the winners and answers
Thank you to everyone who took part in the quiz. Nobody got all thirty questions correct but two..
❯ Read MoreCRSC events 2016-17
CRSC has lined up another superb series of illustrated talks for the coming winter months. Headline events include..
❯ Read MoreDr Joe McKendrick Collection
CRSC has been gifted more than 3,000 digitised images from the slide collection of the late Dr Joe..
❯ Read MoreQuiz: last chance to enter!
If you haven’t yet submitted an entry, now is the time to do so: closing date is Friday..
❯ Read MoreCRSC charter: ‘relaxed and convivial’
We could not have made a more impressive start. While CRSC members and friends were gathering at McInroy’s..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: June 2016
The early evening of Saturday 18 April 1936 was exceptional in the annals of the Firth of Clyde…
❯ Read MoreA Hebridean Circle
Scrutinising the ferry-route map of the Hebrides, and drawing a circle on it, is a regular pastime of..
❯ Read MorePoll on ferry names
A CRSC-sponsored poll on possible names for two new Scottish ferries has created sharp divisions of opinion among..
❯ Read MoreThe Big CalMac Carry-On
Was it a done deal? The announcement on 19 May 2016 that CalMac had won the Clyde and..
❯ Read MoreQueen Mary comes home
It was like the return of an ancient relic. A piece of shipping history, of Clyde history, battered..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: May 2016
Steamer calls at Girvan stopped when war was declared in 1939, and it was not until 29 April..
❯ Read MoreCRSC 2016 AGM
On 20 April 2016 CRSC enjoyed a cathartic finale to its winter session of meetings when, in the..
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