GLENLEE
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The sailing ship GLENLEE is one of only a handful of Clyde-built vessels to begin and end its career at the same river.
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Built by Anderson Rodger of Port Glasgow, the 245 ft long, 1613 tonne, three-masted steel barque was launched in 1896.
She was sold only two years later to Robert Ferguson of Dundee, who renamed her Islamount.
She worked between Europe and North and South America until 1905 when she was sold to Thomas & Co of Liverpool.
In 1919 she was bought by the Italian Navigation Society who renamed her Clarastella and modernised her, adding two diesel engines.
Three years later she became the property of the Spanish Navy.
Renamed once again, and this time under the name of Galatea, she was used as a training and teaching vessel until 1969. She was laid up in Seville Harbour until 1992 when she was bought at auction by the Clyde Maritime Trust for £40,000 and towed back to Greenock.
Its name restored once more to Glenlee, she underwent major renovation work and since 1999 she has been a floating museum and visitor centre at Yorkhill Quay.
Her figurehead is a replica. The original was kept by the Spanish, who joked that it would be returned when Gibralter is handed back to them.
