AN INVERCLYDE schoolboy was given the honour of ringing the bell of an iconic Glasgow vessel to celebrate an historic milestone today.
Gourock pupil Ross Dowall, 14, helped mark the Tall Ship Glenlee's 30th anniversary of its return to Scotland on Friday (June 9).
It was a special occasion for the youngster as his late grandfather, Alistair Miller, was the captain who brought the famous ship back from Spain in 1993.
Work began in April on a £1.8 million restoration project for the 126-year-old Glenlee, that was bought by the Clyde Maritime Trust in 1993 after it was threatened with scrappage and now sits proudly outside the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
Built in Port Glasgow and launched from the Bay Yard in December 1896, the Clydebuilt vessel is now a museum ship celebrating Glasgow's mercantile, maritime and shipbuilding traditions.
She is the only steel square-rigged cargo vessel remaining in the whole of the UK, and one of just five such Clydebuilt vessels remaining in the world.
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