SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > 10.08.08 Riverdance.
Some of the scrap cut from the ships hull
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > 10.08.08 After a bit of a wander round I take four shots to hopefully record the demise of this wreck.
I will need to drop down to the ship (Riverdance) next week some time.... and catch the final few cuts of the wreck (Yes take some more photos) .... sad eh!
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > 10.08.08 Well we are comming to the end of a bit of a saga, so what are we going to do when this goes ??
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > 10.08.08 The Riverdance cargo ship
Riverdance ran aground off the coast of Cleveleys - Lancashire on the 1st Feb 08
The CoastGuard fence off 400m of coast round the ferry & mount a 24hr watch (Bouncers from town).
The ship was built in 1977
Capacity for 55 vehicles
Is 115m in length
The ship carries cargo but was also allowed to take up to 12 passengers
And used to cross the Irish Sea twice a day, but not any more... just a trip to the scrap yard.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > Nautilus Explorer,
Guadalupe Island, Mexico
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > The magnificent replica of Captain James Cook’s famous ship of discovery returned to Sydney in April 2005 having completed 11 years of world voyaging. The HM Bark Endeavour Foundation who built and ran her, then handed the vessel over to the Australian Government for display at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

In 1768 when Cook set sail from Britain there was a group of gentlemen on board including Charles Green the astronomer and Joseph Banks the botanist. Having viewed the Transit of Venus in Tahiti, Cook circumnavigated and charted New Zealand before navigating Australia’s east coast, paving the way for British settlement.

A visit to Endeavour is a walk through history on this meticulously researched and outfitted museum ship - see the great cabin where Cook, Banks and company worked and dined; the mess deck where over 70 sailors, marines and servants slung their hammocks, ate their meals and relaxed off-watch; the huge iron firehearth where John Thompson, the one handed cook, prepared all the meals; surgeon William Munkhouse’s cabin... and much more.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > The magnificent replica of Captain James Cook’s famous ship of discovery returned to Sydney in April 2005 having completed 11 years of world voyaging. The HM Bark Endeavour Foundation who built and ran her, then handed the vessel over to the Australian Government for display at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

In 1768 when Cook set sail from Britain there was a group of gentlemen on board including Charles Green the astronomer and Joseph Banks the botanist. Having viewed the Transit of Venus in Tahiti, Cook circumnavigated and charted New Zealand before navigating Australia’s east coast, paving the way for British settlement.

A visit to Endeavour is a walk through history on this meticulously researched and outfitted museum ship - see the great cabin where Cook, Banks and company worked and dined; the mess deck where over 70 sailors, marines and servants slung their hammocks, ate their meals and relaxed off-watch; the huge iron firehearth where John Thompson, the one handed cook, prepared all the meals; surgeon William Munkhouse’s cabin... and much more.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > The magnificent replica of Captain James Cook’s famous ship of discovery returned to Sydney in April 2005 having completed 11 years of world voyaging. The HM Bark Endeavour Foundation who built and ran her, then handed the vessel over to the Australian Government for display at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

In 1768 when Cook set sail from Britain there was a group of gentlemen on board including Charles Green the astronomer and Joseph Banks the botanist. Having viewed the Transit of Venus in Tahiti, Cook circumnavigated and charted New Zealand before navigating Australia’s east coast, paving the way for British settlement.

A visit to Endeavour is a walk through history on this meticulously researched and outfitted museum ship - see the great cabin where Cook, Banks and company worked and dined; the mess deck where over 70 sailors, marines and servants slung their hammocks, ate their meals and relaxed off-watch; the huge iron firehearth where John Thompson, the one handed cook, prepared all the meals; surgeon William Munkhouse’s cabin... and much more.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > vessel > The magnificent replica of Captain James Cook’s famous ship of discovery returned to Sydney in April 2005 having completed 11 years of world voyaging. The HM Bark Endeavour Foundation who built and ran her, then handed the vessel over to the Australian Government for display at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

In 1768 when Cook set sail from Britain there was a group of gentlemen on board including Charles Green the astronomer and Joseph Banks the botanist. Having viewed the Transit of Venus in Tahiti, Cook circumnavigated and charted New Zealand before navigating Australia’s east coast, paving the way for British settlement.

A visit to Endeavour is a walk through history on this meticulously researched and outfitted museum ship - see the great cabin where Cook, Banks and company worked and dined; the mess deck where over 70 sailors, marines and servants slung their hammocks, ate their meals and relaxed off-watch; the huge iron firehearth where John Thompson, the one handed cook, prepared all the meals; surgeon William Munkhouse’s cabin... and much more.
10.08.08 Riverdance.
Some of the scrap cut from the ships hull
 > 10.08.08 Riverdance.
Some of the scrap cut from the ships hull
10.08.08 Riverdance.
Some of the scrap cut from the ships hull
Photo by: gibbo62 · see photo in gallery

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