Clydebank
Clydebank Scottish Gaelic Bruach Chluaidh |
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Coordinates | 55 ° 54 ′ N , 4 ° 24 ′ W | |
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Residents | 28,799 2011 census | |
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Post town | CLYDEBANK | |
ZIP code section | G60, G81 | |
prefix | 01389, 0141 | |
Part of the country | Scotland | |
Council area | West Dunbartonshire | |
British Parliament | West Dunbartonshire | |
Scottish Parliament | Clydebank and Milngavie | |
Clydebank (Gaelic Bruach Chluaidh ) is a town on the north bank of the Clyde on the outskirts of Glasgow in western Scotland . It has 28,799 inhabitants. Clydebank was founded in 1886 and served early as a residential area for workers in the surrounding shipyards.
One of the most famous shipyards was John Brown & Company , where the majority of the Cunard Line's ships were built, including the Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth 2 . Other well-known ships of the shipyard were the passenger ship Lusitania and the battle cruiser HMS Hood . Another major employer in town was the Singer Company .
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Because of the important shipyards, Clydebank was a target of the German Air Force during World War II and was massively bombed on the nights of March 13 and 14, 1941 ("Clydebank Blitz").
Personalities
- James Cosmo (born 1948), actor
Web links
- History of the city (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Clydebank Blitz ( memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), see also English Wikipedia