Scotland Maritime Navy and close ties to Denmark
I attended school near Granton Edinburgh, when I remember we often walked down to the harbour to sketch the wide views over the Forth estuary to Fife.
Across the 15th and 16th centuries, Scotland had close ties to Denmark. In the days before trains and cars, the only means of transport was by ship on horseback.
The Stewart king James IV built his royal dockyard at Newhaven Edinburgh, where he decked his magnificent flagship the Great Michael – which was completed in 1512.
(Article When Scottish Maritime enterprise ruled the waves, National November 2025)
James IV flagship the Great Michael
