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Tuesday 31 January 2023
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.
Wednesday 25 January 2023
Friday 20 January 2023
Monday 16 January 2023
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 Displaced by MV Columba, she was withdrawn from service in 1974.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.
Thursday 12 January 2023
Tuesday 10 January 2023
Monday 9 January 2023
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
Friday 6 January 2023
Ayr Pavilion
In 1904 a competition was held for architects to design a pavilion fitting of Ayr's position as being the top holiday destination in the west of Scotland.
Local architect James Hunter Kenneday won the competition with an art deco style building it opened its doors in 1911as a theatre and dance hall.
The building is now used for children's entertainment.
Monday 2 January 2023
TS Queen Alexandra
TS Queen Alexandra was built in 1912 by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton for Turbine Steamers Ltd, to replace a previous Queen Alexandra of 1902, which had been extensively damaged by fire. The new Queen was designed for the long distance cruises. Her first public sailing was on 23 May 1912 to Campbeltown. Fast and manoeuvrable, she soon became a popular boat.
In 1935, her owners Turbine Steamers Ltd were sold to David MacBrayne Ltd and the turbine steamers King George V and Queen Alexandra transferred to the Western Isles. Queen Alexandra went for refit at Lamont's shipyard, where she was transformed. This was all in preparation for her new role on the "Royal Route". Her similarity to Cunard's Queen Mary earned her the nickname "MacBrayne's little Cunarder".[
Withdrawn after 48 years of sterling service in September 1958, she was towed to Smith & Houston's shipyard in Port Glasgow on 23 December 1958 and was scrapped.
Picture is before her 1935 refit.
Info courtesy of wikipedia.