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Rothesay

            The ship is one of the three 'ABC class' car ferries of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company (BR's shipping subsidiary on the Clyde), so called because there were three sister ships called Arran, Bute and Cowal. They served Dunoon and Rothesay from Gourock and Wemyss Bay respectively from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s when they were replaced by a newer generation of car ferry. Which of the three ABCs it is, I don't know except there appear to be five letters in its name so it can't be the Bute.

I notice that the old Victorian pier building has gone but the 1960s one which replaced it isn't up yet so that may pinpoint the year this photo was taken. The ship's hull appears to be black so that means it must be pre-1965 in which year they were repainted BR blue.

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Rothsey (show map)

Taken on: December 5, 2022

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Firth of Clyde

Rothesay

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Sets appears in: • Old postcards of Scotland

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