Queen of Scots on the Clyde - Stuart Cameron's Photos

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Stuart Cameron > In the 1930s the small motorship Coronia was built to operate excursion sailings along the Yorkshire coastline from Scarborough

Stuart Cameron > Later she was purchased to serve in a similar role out of Bournmouth for which duties she was renamed Bournmouth Queen. In 1973 the construction company Sir Robert MacAlpine purchased the ship to undertake ferry work on the Firth of Clyde.She was used to convey workers between Rothesay and the new yard employed in constructing giant concrete offshore structures at Ardyne Point. This view shows the newly arrived Bournmouth Queen berthed at Rothesay

Stuart Cameron > Bournmouth Queen at Rothesay

Stuart Cameron > A short time after her arrival on the Clyde, MacAlpine renamed her Queen of Scots and her funnel was painted in their corporate green livery

Stuart Cameron > Queen of Scots berthed on the east end of Rothesay pier with one of the huge concrete platform jackets under construction at Ardyne in the distance.

Stuart Cameron > Queen of Scots berthing at Rothesay on 7th April 1976

Stuart Cameron > By 1977 the building of concrete offshore structures had gone out of fashion and the Ardyne yard was closed. Queen of Scots was little used and her Clyde career could have ended at that time. However, on the 15th July 1977 the preserved paddle steamer Waverley grounded on the Gantock Reef off Dunnon. She sustained severe damage to her hull and had to be withdrawn for 7 weeks for repair. Her owners, Waverley Steam Navigation Company of Glasgow, chartered Queen of Scots to maintain a reduced service during the paddler's absence. This view shows Queen of Scots being painted in WSN colours at Anderston Quay, Glasgow on 22nd July 1977

Stuart Cameron > Queen of Scots at Anderston Quay 22 July 1977

Stuart Cameron > Waverley, preparing to go into Govan Graving Docks for extensive hull repairs, with Queen of Scots at Anderston Quay, Glasgow on 29 July 1977

In the 1930s the small motorship Coronia was built to operate excursion sailings along the Yorkshire coastline from Scarborough

> In the 1930s the small motorship Coronia was built to operate excursion sailings along the Yorkshire coastline from Scarborough

In the 1930s the small motorship Coronia was built to operate excursion sailings along the Yorkshire coastline from Scarborough

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