Models of Clyde Steamers and other Clyde Favourites
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Glasgow Museums has a large collection of ship models representing much-loved Clyde steamers and other vessels once commonly seen on the river. Like most coastal areas, particularly in the age of cheap transport and photography, there has been great interest in launches, and the comings and goings of ships, on the river and Firth of Clyde. This means that there is also much local fondness for Glasgow Museums’ collection of ship models representing passenger steamers, tugs and famous ships built on the Clyde. There are over 50 models of Clyde passenger steamers from Comet of 1812 to Waverley of 1947 and four models of ferries operated by the Clyde Navigation Trust, such as the unusual elevating ferries at Finnieston and Govan. There are also six models of tugs based on the river, five models of vessels involved in local dredging operations and one model of a pilot vessel. In addition, the collection has models of ships that were regularly berthed on the river, whether their destinations were Belfast (such as Burns & Laird Lines Ltd.’s Royal Scotsman) , India (such as Anchor Line’s Circassia) or Islay (such as White Horse Distiller’s Pibroch).
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