CLYDE SHIPPING CO. LTD. (1)

The double pennants bear a lion rampant and an Irish harp. On C5 the emblem colours are unclear: the lion appears yellow with a black outline, and the harp black.

Rosanoski considers the C664 flags probably incorrect.

Brown 1982 attributes C3 to Clyde Shipping Tugs Ltd.

Founded in 1815, the Glasgow company’s principal business was coastal shipping and towage until 1994. It took over Lawson-Batey Tugs in April 1983 as a subsidiary of Clyde Tugs. Mitchell records acquisition by Cory Ship Towage in 1995. In 1998 the name became Clyde Marine plc, principally manufacturing deck equipment and rigging for leisure boats. The source traces Clyde Shipping Tugs from a Greenock associate or subsidiary to manager of Clyde Shipping, and apparently to Clyde Tugs under Cory management. Rosanoski presumes the Cork shipping agency of the same name, which amalgamated with Ronayne Shipping in 1974, was unconnected unless it had been a branch.

The company helped establish Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering. Forth Tugs is described as an 1895 joint venture with Cory Towage, a dating Rosanoski questions because the named Cory company did not exist until 1994; a predecessor may have been intended. Shetland Towage was formed as a joint venture in 1978 and sold during 1998. Parts of the fleet were managed by Glenlight, Clyde Shipping Tugs, Lawson-Batey, Cory and Union Transport; Mediterranean Shipping managed its own vessel. Tugs commonly had Flying names, while other ships were mostly named for lighthouses or lightships.

U.K., Glasgow.