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Above : Duchess
of Hamilton has a good number of passengers at Brodick - but the bread
and butter service for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company was provided
by MV Glen Sannox - a car ferry. Although facilities at Brodick
remained less than optimal for the more modern vessel, her
hoist-loading platform did allow vehicles to load and unload with
relative ease. For the Duchess, it would only be excursionists staying
for a brief few hours at the Arran village who would be disembarking.
Below
: Although not a direct potential replacement, the motor vessel Keppel
came to the Clyde having formerly been on the short Thames crossing
from Tilbury to Gravesend. She was assigned the Largs to Millport ferry
service replacing the paddler Talisman. For the moment, the
majestic turbine steamer Duchess of Hamilton survived on the prime
down-Firth excursions.
Photos by kind courtesy of Kenny Whyte
Private Photography
By Ian & Gordon Stewart and family
At
Fairlie in the mid 1960s
At Campbeltown in the
mid 1960s
At Campbeltown
in 1968
At
Fairlie in 1968
At Inveraray in the late
1960s
By James W Jeffrey :
Approaching Fairlie from the south in 1963
Entering
Ayr harbour 1968
Contributed collections
At Campbeltown
and Fairlie in the mid 1950s (by Jimmy Reid, courtesy of Ronnie McLeod)
Approaching Rothesay in late 1950s/early 1960s (by William O'Hara, courtesy of Ian McNeish)
In
early 1960s by Alexander Bain (courtesy of Donald Bain)
At Lochgilphead
in the late 1960s (courtesy of Jake Dale)
Approaching
Gourock in the late 1960s (courtesy of Jake Dale)
Near
Rothesay in the late 1960s (courtesy of Robert Whitelaw)
At
Greenock in 1971 after withdrawal - with some work done in anticipation of
her being used as a restaurant and night club (courtesy of Jake Dale)
In service, under reconstruction at Greenock, then being dismantled at Troon (courtesy of Kenny Whyte)
At Rothesay in the late 1960s (courtesy of Ben Mann, from his collection of a rescued private slide collection)
Profile of the ship in 1947 (by James Dobie, courtesy of Gordon Provan)
At Lochranza in 1948 (by kind courtesy of Bill Anderson, from his family's private collection)
Above : The
final days ...... at Troon (Kenny Whyte)
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