Six Minutes at Govan

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Six Minutes at Govan

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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