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 both a passenger ferry and cruise ship. It replaced an earlier ship of the same name operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway company, a steam turbine passenger ship called the RMS Duke of Lancaster.
The ship began operating as a passenger ferry between Heysham in Lancashire, England and Belfast in Northern Ireland. It also operated a cruise ship travelling around the British Isles, to the Scottish Islands and on short European tours to Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
The ship was sold to a company who wanted to turn it into a leisure centre and market. It was moved to its new home in Llannerch-y-Mor near Mostyn in North Wales in August 1979 and became known as the Fun Ship. It operated as an arcade and bar for a number of years, frequently gaining the ire of local residents. It was eventually closed in 2004. Mostyn was also recently home to the ship Ville de Bordeaux which carried Airbus A380 airplane wings to France for assembly.
This explore caused a load of shit though lol, been news paper reports and everything saying we broke in when we didn’t, just because the owner was fuming because he has been promising the public for 40 years and has been given money to renovate the inside, however my pictures contradict this and show it’s a environmental issue waiting to happen, so he ran to the paper with a load of lies we even walked past every single cctv on the way out to prove we didn’t steal anything aswell
Hope you enjoy the pictures
The ship began operating as a passenger ferry between Heysham in Lancashire, England and Belfast in Northern Ireland. It also operated a cruise ship travelling around the British Isles, to the Scottish Islands and on short European tours to Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
The ship was sold to a company who wanted to turn it into a leisure centre and market. It was moved to its new home in Llannerch-y-Mor near Mostyn in North Wales in August 1979 and became known as the Fun Ship. It operated as an arcade and bar for a number of years, frequently gaining the ire of local residents. It was eventually closed in 2004. Mostyn was also recently home to the ship Ville de Bordeaux which carried Airbus A380 airplane wings to France for assembly.
This explore caused a load of shit though lol, been news paper reports and everything saying we broke in when we didn’t, just because the owner was fuming because he has been promising the public for 40 years and has been given money to renovate the inside, however my pictures contradict this and show it’s a environmental issue waiting to happen, so he ran to the paper with a load of lies we even walked past every single cctv on the way out to prove we didn’t steal anything aswell
Hope you enjoy the pictures
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