Ripples as the lock gates to the canal are opened to allow a vessel into the Crinan Canal Basin,

The ship DUKE OF NORMANDY II was built in 1934 for the German Customs service and was originally called 'Ems' after a varied history she was sold in 1975 to the British Waterways Board where she was used on the Caledonian Canal to tow the gate-lifter barge around.

She is now on the National Historic ships list,

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See Link for more information, www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/3658/duke-normandy-ii