SPW049778 SCOTLAND (1936). Queen Mary, Firth of Clyde, Gourock. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

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Title [SPW049778] Queen Mary, Firth of Clyde, Gourock. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.
Reference SPW049778
Date 1936
Link Canmore Collection item 1257778
Place name
Parish MARITIME - ARGYLL AND BUTE
District MARITIME
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 224795, 679156
Longitude / Latitude -4.8079860065382, 55.973409285643
National Grid Reference NS248792

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SS "Dunara Castle" (1875) of McCallum Orme.

mannidaze
Thursday 11th of September 2014 09:49:55 PM
Probably the "Duchess of Hamilton" because she has shallower black tops to the funnels than the other steamer.

ewnmcg
Friday 1st of February 2013 09:25:42 AM
Fairly sure this is the Duchess of Montrose, built 1930 by Dennys at Dumbarton.

ewnmcg
Thursday 31st of January 2013 10:52:36 PM

User Comment Contributions

In World War II the Queen Mary had been converted into a troop carrier. The vessel was also used by Winston Churchill and a large entourage to reach the USA in May 1943 [Greenock - New York] and again in August that year [Clyde to Halifax]. Winston Churchill's large team travelled again on the Queen Mary from the Clyde to Quebec in September 1944.

[Source: Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke, War Diaries 1939-1945]

MB
Tuesday 14th of May 2013 10:37:41 AM