By Lucy Ashton
The MV Glen Rosa has been officially launched at the Ferguson Marine shipyard on the River Clyde.
The long-delayed vessel was piped into the water to a rendition of the Skye Boat Song more than nine years after it was ordered by the Scottish government.
Beth Atkinson, a former apprentice at the yard, officially named the ship after shattering a bottle of specially-created whisky against its hull following a short delay due to blustery conditions.
Nearly a decade after it was ordered and the Rosa” s launch is being celebrated.
This government would celebrate dog poo on the pavement.