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  • Midday I ferried from Gourock to Dunoon to join a high speed, powerboat ride based at Holy Loch Marina, in Sandbank, near Dunoon.

    Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011

  • Graham Gardner, 52, from Gourock, Scotland -- seen here in an undated photograph with his wife, Joyce -- was listed among the passengers.

    Aircraft Debris Found in Atlantic 2009

  • (Greenock), Gourock and Wemyss Bay, and by frequent vessels from the

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • Soon the engines rumbled and we were off or so we thought but the excitement was short lived, we moved down the Clyde and stopped off Gourock, in Loch Long.

    Coming of Age: 1939-1946 John Cox

  • The exports comprise agricultural produce and fish, trade being actively carried on between the county ports of Rothesay, Millport, Brodick and Lamlash and the mainland ports of Glasgow, Greenock, Gourock, Ardrossan and Wemyss Bay, with all of which there is regular steamer communication throughout the year.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • They had already been across the valley to the haven, and ordered a boat round, to convey them back to Gourock.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • Having learnt from some too well-informed spy that Lord Mar had retired in peaceful obscurity to Bute, these arch enemies to our country sent a body of men disguised as Scots to Gourock.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • T Gourock, Murray engaged two small vessels: one for the earl and countess, with Wallace as their escort; the other for himself and Edwin, to follow with a few of the men.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • On the left hand of the Frith are Gourock, Ashton, Inverkip, Wemyss

    The Recreations of a Country Parson Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd 1862

  • But all this while the steam has been fiercely chafing through the funnel as we have been stopping at Gourock quay.

    The Recreations of a Country Parson Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd 1862

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