Scottish Maritime Museum

The **Scottish Maritime Museum** is an industrial museum thit hauds a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland (Scots: Collection Kent as Signeeficantly National-like tae Scotland). It is fund at twa site in the Wast o Scotland in Irvin an Dumbarton, focusin maistly on Scotland's shipbiggin heritage.

## Irvin - The Linthoose
The museum's Linthouse biggin is fund at Irvine Harbour, seetiuait in the category A listit umwhile Ingine Shop bi Alexander Stephen and Sons, thit wis taen an pit awa fraw thair abandont Linthouse shipyaird in Glesga in 1991. Nou the Linthoose ingineerin shop is hame tae a collection wi signeeficant vessels includin MV *Kyles* and MV ''Spartan'' thit are listit on the National Historic Ships UK register. A verra signeeficant vessel biggit fae airn in 1872 in Paisley, MV *Kyles* is the auldest airn Clyde biggit vessel still afloat in Breetain. It wis pit intae the museum's collection in 1984. The museum haes a collection o marine ingines an industrial machine tuils an aw, an awns a reduin 1920s wirker's tenement flat at Irvine Harbour. The museum haes a signeeficant collection o artwork fund bi the Heritage Lottery Fund forby. In 2020 the museum managed tae heeze funds tae keep MV *Kyles* as a floatin vessel.
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## Dumbarton - Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank
The Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank, in Dumbarton, pits a focus on the naval architect warld. Shipbigger William Denny Jr fae William Denny and Brothers wis inspired bi the wirk fae weel-forrit naval architect William Froude an completit the tank for his shipyaird in 1883. It wis the warld's first commercial exemple o a ship testin tank. Re-appent as a museum in 1983, it hauds lots o its oreeginal featurs, includin the oreeginal 100-meter-lang tank. The museum tells the story o the test tank's oreeginal awners, William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, an aw. Ae o the maist new-fangelt shipbiggin companies in the warld until thay closed up shop in 1963.
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## Trust structur
The museum is an independent museum operatit by a chairitable trust: the Scottish Maritime Museum Trust (Scots: The Scots Maritime Museum Trust). It stairtit operations in 1983. The first trust chairperson wis Clydeside shipbigger Ross Belchm an he haud on tae the post until 1998. The foondin Director wis Dr Henry C. McMurray.

## Notes

## Faurer Readin

* Douglas McGowan, *Clydebuilt: A Photographic Legacy*, 2005, Tempus Publishing, 
* John Shields, *Clyde Built: A History of Shipbuilding on the River Clyde*, 1949, William MacLellan

## Freemit Airtins

* Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine and Dumbarton 
* Scottish Maritime Museum on AboutBritain.com