Added missing Profile pictures and additional Gallery images for: MARCHIONESS OF GRAHAM MARCHIONESS OF LORNE TALISMAN DUCHESS OF MONTROSE SAINT COLUMBA LOCHBROOM LOCH FRISA Further updates to these ships profiles will follow. We are also working on some new features and links in all profiles which should provide improved navigation and content. As always, feedback and additions welcome. Steve
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Would you like to see any additional features to this section?
Hi all,
We have been working away on some small changes to the website over the last few weeks:
Live Webcams - you can now view the CMAL webcams through a page on our website making it easier to view the streams.
Display Ship by Current Status (and Type to be added soon) - let us know what you think of these new options.
Display Crossings by Current Status, same as above.
Routes page updated with new layout.
For a quarter of a century, Ships of CalMac has been the digital home for enthusiasts of the Hebridean and Clyde fleet of CalMac Ferries, Routes and Crew.
As we mark this 25-year milestone, we want to turn the spotlight on you—the community that has helped us navigate through the years.
We would love to hear about your journey with us. Do you remember the first time you visited the site? Perhaps you’ve contributed a rare photograph or a piece of history to our archives. We want to know:
Your History: When did you first discover Ships of CalMac?
Your Highlights: Which section, specific ship, or article do you find yourself returning to most often?
Your Memories: Is there a retired feature you particularly miss, or a specific page that stands out from the last two decades?
The Future: What is the one thing you’ve always wanted to see on the site that we haven’t built…
I discovered the site in 2009, and thought wow! Having been away from Oban for a decade at that point, to have something that brought the ships back into my life was just brilliant. Like most folk on here my memories of the ships and crews are plentiful and probably far to many to recount,
One thing I miss is the regular debates on the forum, there was always something typed that would get the blood boiling. Keep up the fantastic work, keep the pictures coming in and the rest of us can scour marine traffic and play the game of guess where a vessel is going.
My all time favorites, TSS Duchess of Montrose, PS Caledonia and TSS Glen Sannox..
Aged about 12, I got to sound her whistle when in the company of Captain Brophy for a days sailing. As we approached Lamlash Pier and standing in the wheel house, he pointed to the wire strung up in front of the ships wheel, and said "give that a few good tugs" which I eagerly did. A long time ago, now 86.
My mother used to work with the Caledonian Steam Packet Co, looked after the Tea Rooms on many of the steamers pre and post war; ( she used to get danger money for working beyond the Boom Defence strung across the Firth of Clyde from Dunoon to the south bank). during the Second World War. Hence the she knew Captain Brophy and arranged a day out for me when we were on holiday in Arran,
PS, Seamers Mum regularly worked on, Duchesses Fife and Rothesay, Duchess of Argyll winter time table, and plus many others during the summer season sailings . T.