Blog at the Ballast

Today a new exhibition opens at the National War Museum in Edinburgh - Arctic Convoys. I attended a preview of it yesterday evening as the Ballast Trust had worked with the National Museums Scotland (NMS) and Glasgow Museums to arrange for our model of the SS Rathlin to be included in the exhibition. Glasgow Museums hold a large collection of ship models loaned...

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Today's photo is from the Bill Lind collection, and is of the ps Duchess of Hamilton taking on some choppy seas. She was built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. The Duchess of Hamilton was the first vessel fitted with a Parsons turbine, which generated electricity for lighting. She was commandeered by the Admiralty as a minesweeper during...

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