More Lochiel Pictures

Some new pictures of Lochiel compiled by Stuart Cameron on the Clyde Shipping and Shipbuilding -Past Present and Future site. http://www.clydeshipping.co.uk/viewalbum.asp?folder=MacBraynes+Lochiel
These ones have slipped past this radar and are quite special - especially ones of the low point in the history of the boat. She was renamed Northwest Laird after finishing on the Islay run and spent a short and unsuccessful period on the Fleetwood to Douglas (Isle of Man) run. There are 2 quite sad pictures of Lochiel painted in appaulingly depressing rust coloured preservative paint at docks in Cornwall.

Stuart writes about the background behind this picture: 'While on holiday in Cornwall in 1976 I went in search of Lochiel (still Norwest Laird at the time) I found her behind a retail warehouse in Hayle painted overall in this preservative paint'

Stuart Cameron posted this along side this post - 'Close inspection of this picture - at least the full size one reveals the name Norwest Laird on her bows. It seemed a long way from Port Ellen'.









You couldn't get more of a contrast with this superb 1939 picture of a fresh faced Lochiel sprinting along during trials off Skelmorlie - the 'Skelmorlie Measured Mile'.
Not being familiar with this i did a google search and my friend Donald's site came straight up - http://uk.msnusers.com/historyofskelmorlie/skelmorliemeasuredmile.msnw
A feast for later.