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Originally a British Railways steamer, the TSS Duke of Lancaster was launched on 1 December 1955 and first carried passengers in 1956. The ship was built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast and was the sister ship of TSS Duke Of Rothesay and TSS Duke Of Argyll. The original design allowed it to act as...

Apologies for the short report. Not much is known about this barge from what I have been able to find. Stories from locals all seem to corroborate each other, but I cannot be certain this is the truth. From what I have found through lots of research, the ship was named the Tosca, and was Dutch...

The Old Watch House Nestled in a quiet cove stoically overlooking the Guns Isle, peering toward the prevailing wind and piercing rain of the unforgiving Irish sea. Stands a the large grey stone victorian structure, battered and aged by the storms for over 100 years, nowadays we are only graced...

Whilst panning google maps, I came across what looked like a load of old boats, so decided to venture here, I was right, around 8 boats in total. consisting of an old coal boat, Yacht and some fishing boats, the yacht was the most accessible one with a few things to see inside, such as old...

REPORT – SKIPPOOL CREEK BOAT GRAVEYARD, LANCASHIRE , FEBRUARY 2021 Short History of Skippool Creek. For hundreds of years Skippool Creek was a major trading port, along with Wardleys Creek at the other side of the River Wyre. It was in constant use by sea going vessels from the end of the...

REPORT – FLEETWOOD MARSH BOAT WRECKS, FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE , FEBRUARY 2021 Here is my first, of hopefully many reports to come! Fingers crossed it ticks all the rules / format1 The History of the Fleetwood Boat Wrecks. Fleetwood / skippol creeks has many timber and metal boats that are...

In terms of history, this place was opened in 1983 and closed in 2013 due to the business going under, fairly recently planning permission was granted to demolish the existing building and build a 3 bedroom house, it is now in the process of being demolished. Most of the interior, items and...

History: Apart from KentOnline has to offer, there is little else online regarding the history of this vessel, but here is what I managed to string together... "The Hillside", constructed in 1970 and originally built as an accommodation barge for the Dutch Navy, has just under 70 rooms and was...

Hi all, this Is my first post here and want to kick off with description of what one thing I’m interested in finding out more about. This is all related to the main tunnel section beneath Hamilton Square and the 2 tunnels leading to the old and new James street stations And also the section of...

1. The History Site of the former Nationwide Boat Sales Yard located on Sheffield Road at the southern edge of Unstone and 5km to the north of Chesterfield town centre. Nicknamed “Ocean village”, the business appears to have been established around 1984 and then closed down in 2005 with the site...

The Explore: its dependant on tides so had to pick the right day, by chance it was :) The History: No idea it is derelict and dumped left to go up and down with the tides daily, to my knowledge its been there at least a year, i couldnt find any reference on it The Pictures...

I won't give a historical preamble here as it has all been done on previous Standedge threads. But I don't think there is a documented passage through the canal tunnel by boat on this site. So here goes. My boat, Dreamcatcher, was steered through the tunnel by my good friend Martin Clark who...

So for my 1st post here is Bowling harbour where boats come to die.. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Clyde, between the towns of Clydebank and Dumbarton. It is at one end of the Antonine Wall and therefore represents the extreme limit of the Roman Empire on the west coast of the...

The boat has started to sink due to metal thief's but it still has a lot of it's original features and proved to to an exciting venture. It was such a pain in the arse to get onto, as the big jump from land ment over deep water 20ft below! But we managed to get on in the end and got a few good...

Two reports in one as they are kinda linked. In the port area of St Nazaire in Western France are the U Boat pens where the German navy kept and repaired its U Boats during WW2. The U Boats would go out into the Atlantic ocean and attack the supply convoys crossing the ocean bringing supplies...

Skippool Creek Boat Graveyard, Fleetwood – June 2012 History Not too much history on these boats, there are 15 to 20 steel and timber boats in various states of disrepair; essentially all that’s left are the hulls rotting and twisting into the silts of the mud flats. One of the timber...

Ok these arent my pics but some a mate of mine took after i asked about the engine rooms on his boat. I cant provide any info regarding the boat or the location, sorry! Hope they are of interest..

Well its been a long while since i posted anything as i had all my dslr camera kit nicked but took the trusty point and shoot out the other day for a few pics of this. Plenty about on the web about it but hadn't seen it on here so though might be of interest. The ferry service had run in many...

Thanks to havoc for the serious mileage involved went with vw petzl host oldskool toad and another chap sorry i cant remeber your name but if you read this drop me your number as i wanna chat about the stuff in russia we spoke about cheers About the Sub Foxtrot B-39 Hunter Killer Class...