Six Minutes at Govan

Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle

Six Minutes at Govan

The following two views illustrate some variety of transport on the Clyde in the summer of 2009 – both views were taken from the new Meadowside Quay Walk looking across to the BVT Surface Fleet shipyard at Govan.


Sunday 19th July 2009 at 09:06AM – Loch Lomond Seaplane’s Cessna 200 G-MDJE passing HMS Defender as it departs for another short flight to Oban

Six minutes later:-


Sunday 19th July 2009 at 09:12AM – Waverley passing HMS Defender on a special Glasgow Fair weekend sailing along the entire navigable length of the River and Firth of Clyde from Glasgow to Campbeltown.

Stuart Cameron