Several ships have been named Clyde for the River Clyde:
The River Clyde is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the eighth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the second-longest in Scotland. Traveling through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire. To the Romans, it was Clota, and in the early medieval Cumbric language, it was known as Clud or Clut, and was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde.
- Clyde (1802 ship) was launched at Calcutta and made one voyage to England for the British East India Company before she was lost in 1804 on the way to China.
- Clyde (1820 ship) was built at Greenock, Scotland. She made two voyages for the British East India Company and three voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia. She is last listed in 1845.
- Clyde (1894 ship) was the last ship built for the Nourse Line and was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. She was eventually sold to Norwegian owners and broken up in 1924.
Clyde was launched at Calcutta in 1802 and cost sicca rupees 76,000 to build. Captain George McCall sailed her from Calcutta on 18 February 1802, bound for London. She reached Saint Helena on 12 May, and arrived at Blackwall on 22 July. She was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 5 August 1802. Clyde enters Lloyd's Register in 1802 with G. McCall, master. Clyde was lost in 1804 on a voyage to China.
The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia, and colonised Hong Kong after a war with Qing China.
Clyde was a merchant ship built at Greenock, Scotland in 1820. She made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made three voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia. She was last listed in 1845.
