I'm so glad i told you beforehand Lynne.lynne99 wrote:Good job you told me which was the iron man and which the photographer.
Photos of Ships that have used the Port of Liverpool Docks.
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The Great Eastern Beached on a sandbank, on the River Mersey 1889.
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State Libold-1-14 1909-Glenavov-Ship.
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Franconia - cunard line's last scheduled services from liverpool, Nov 29 1967.
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Thanks for that bit of info Ken.
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Fred Olsen cruising ship Black Watch, in the sunshine at Liverpool Cruise Terminal. Photo by Colin Lane.
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The Three Queens in Southampton Waters.
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Liverpool, The Liner Lusitania at Landing Stage.
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White Star Line's RMS Germanic at Liverpool Landing stage, outward bound for New York.
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HMS Daring’s visit to the River Mersey.
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Good story of the Daring Ken.
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Atlantic Cartier heading for Gladstone Docks.
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The Atlantic Cartier was built in built in 1985 Phil,
The Atlantic Conveyor (built 1970) before she was sunk.
Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War.
She was hit on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors. Atlantic Conveyor sank whilst under tow on 28 May 1982.
The Atlantic Conveyor (built 1970) before she was sunk.
Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War.
She was hit on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors. Atlantic Conveyor sank whilst under tow on 28 May 1982.
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He just seemed to have disappeared Ken.
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Type 42 destroyer, HMS Liverpool at the pier head. Known affectionately in the Royal Navy as ‘the red chicken.
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Gladstone Dock 1914 RMS Aquitania.
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The coaster-dredger LUNESDALE on the River Mersey in 1965. The Lunesdale was one of several sand-dredgers operating in the estuary of the River Mersey. I think she was scrapped in 1968.
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Great photos Bill, thanks for posting them.
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The Arklow Rival passing the Royal Iris, in the Manchester Ship Canal 11/08/18.
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The Erasmos going into the Langton Dock for a load of scrap metal.
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The Pasadena, you can see St Jimmy's Church on the left and the flats of Marsh Lane area of Bootle.
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The old Landing Stage and Clarence dock power station in the background.
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hi gang, my grandmothers brother drove a steam wagon for the power station all his working life. regards billy.
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Thanks for your comment Billy.
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Ferry across the Mersey crowds queue at the Pier Head, for the ferry to New Brighton June 1962.
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The Cunard iron Barque SS Parthia built in 1870 moored here at the Queens Dock in 1884.
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