The BBC has a short, but fun, report focussing on a century of Scottish ship launches on the Clyde, on the day when the second of the two ferries currently being built at the Ferguson Marine yard is due to be launched.
I had the pleasure to be standing up close beneath a ship as it was launched in 2005, whilst working on the Coast series for the BBC, when we filmed the launch of the RFA ship Cardigan Bay (on a second attempt!). It was an incredible site to view the hull slip into the river, to be followed by the large and noisy drag chains behind it, designed to stop the vessel hitting the other side of the river. Fingers crossed the Glen Rosa is not the last major vessel to be launched on the Clyde!
You can view the report at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-68736987
(Don't forget that many shipbuilding firms have their historic records deposited at the University of Glasgow's Scottish Business Archive, details at https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/discover/business/. If you have a shipbuilding ancestor who may appear in some of the records there, I can consult these for you, details of my service are at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk)
Chris
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