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Monday 30 January 2023

MV Pentalina











 MV Pentalina is a 70m RoPax catamaran ferry purchased by Pentland Ferries in 2008 to operate between Gills Bay, Caithness and St Margaret's Hope, Orkney.

She  has been available for sale or charter since its replacement by MV Alfred in 2019.



Sunday 15 January 2023

Friday 13 January 2023

King George V

 

King George V was built by William Denny and Brothers for the Turbine Steamers Ltd as a pioneering turbine powered vessel intended for longer routes. She passed to the ownership of David MacBrayne Ltd in October 1935, when plans to rename her were never enacted. Displaced by MV Columba, she was withdrawn from service in 1974. Several attempts were made to preserve her as a floating pub or restaurant, but all failed. King George V was burnt out at Cardiff docks in 1981 and scrapped in 1984.


She is seen here at Tobermory Pier Isle of Mull.

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Monday 9 January 2023

Arklow Viking



 Arklow Viking general cargo ship at KGV dock Glasgow.

Prince Ivanhoe


 Prince Ivanhoe was originally built as Shanklin by William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton in 1951 for the Portsmouth to Ryde Pier Head route.

In 1980 she was bought by the Firth of Clyde Steam Packet Company who ran the Waverley.

After renovations on the Clyde she began pleasure sailings in the Bristol Channel.

On the 3 August 1981 Prince Ivanhoe struck submerged rocks, the Captain David Neil realising she was sinking sailed her to Horton Swansea about a mile away where she was beached.

Sunday 8 January 2023