 | MERCHANT SHIPS: MOVIES Latest updates - highlighted. | |
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| Ship | Operator | Film | Producer/Date | Notes |
Andrea Doria (or Cristoforo Colombo) | Italian Line | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self - end of film |
| Andrea Doria | Italian Line | Ghost Ship | 2002 | Large scale model of Andria Doria as the fictional Antonia Graza |
| Atlanta | CIL | Educating Rita | 1983 | Played self at quayside |
| Benediction | ? | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self |
| Ben-My-Chree [V] | IoMSPCo | Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | Played self laid up Vittoria Dock |
| Brave Merchant | Norse Merchant Ferries | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Played self - visible in Great South Wall scenes |
| Caesarea | Sealink | Neither the Sea Nor the Sand | 1972 | |
| Canberra | P&O | Diamonds Are Fore Ever | 1971 | Played self |
| Canterbury | Southern Railway | Lavender Hill Mob | 1951 | Played self |
| Cardiff or Bristol Castle | P&A Campbell | Tiger Bay | 1959 | Played Self |
| Clan Alpine | Clan Line | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self |
| Constitution | American Export Lines | An Affair to Remember | 1957 | Plays self |
| Crested Eagle | General Steam Nav. Co | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Studio model / set seen sinking at pier. |
| Dawn Merchant | Norse Merchant Ferries | 51st State | 2001 | Played self |
| Empress of France | Canadian Pacific Rly Co. | The Magnet | 1950 | Played self |
| Fenella II | Isle of Man Steam Packet | Penny Paradise | 1938 | Played self |
| Franconia II | Cunard | Too Much Money | 1926 | Played self |
| Free Enterprise I | Townsend Thoresen | The Italian Job | 1969 | Played Self |
| Free Enterprise II | Townsend Thoresen | San Ferry Ann | 1965 | Played self |
| Freshbrook | ? | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Played self? |
| Granuaile [II] | CIL | Educating Rita | 1980s | Played self at quayside |
| Ille de France | French Line | The Last Voyage | 1960 | Played SS Clarendon in a disaster movie and actually sunk for the part. |
| Invicta | British Railways | San Ferry Ann | 1960s | Played self |
| Ivernia | Cunard | The Mouse That Roared | 1959 | Played Self |
| Jeremiah O'Brien | | Titanic | 1998 | Titanic Engine Room Scenes |
| John Hawkins | Great Western Railway | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Plays self |
| Jonathan Swift | Irish Continental Group | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Played self - visible in Great South Wall scenes |
| J Farley | Wallasey Ferries | The Magnet | [1940s/50s?] | Played self |
| Kista Dan | J, Lauritzen | Hell Below Zero | 1954 | Played Ice Breaker in Film |
| Koningin Beatrix | Stena Line | Felicia's Journey | 1999 | Played self, supposedly leaving Rosslare, but was in fact leaving Fishguard! |
| Lady of Mann [I] | IoMSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Played Self |
| Lady of Mann [II] | IoMSPCo | Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | Played self |
| Lady of Mann [II] | Sea Co/IoMSPCo | The Boxer | 1997 | Played self |
| Lady of Mann [II] | Sea Co/IoMSPCo | The Commitments | 1991 | Played self |
| Lady Patricia | Arthur Guinness & Co | Hear My Song | 1991 | Played self |
| Lady Patricia | Arthur Guinness & Co | Far and Away | 1992 | Filmed on foredeck - heavily disguised |
| Largs Bay | Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line | A Night to Remember | 1958 | "Titanic" |
| Lochmore or Lochness | David MacBrayne | Whisky Galore | 1949 | |
| Liparus | Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Played self |
| Lurline | Matson Line | From Here to Eternity | 1953 | |
| Manx Maid | IoMSPCo | Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | Played self laid up Vittoria Dock |
| Manxman [I] | IoMSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Depicted by Studio Set |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | SOS Titanic | 1979 | "Carpathia" |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | Yentl | 1982 | Russian Emigrant ship "Moskva" |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | The Mission | 1982 | Played cross channel steamer |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | Chariots of Fire | 1980 | Played cross channel steamer |
| Mauretania II | Cunard | The Lady Eve | 1941 | Played "SS Southern Queen" |
| Massey Shaw | London County Council | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Played self (fire boat) |
| Maxim Gorkiy | Sovcomflot | Terror on the Britannic (Juggernaut) | 1974 | Played "SS Britannic" |
| Medway Queen | Medway Steam Packet Co | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Played self |
| Miranda Guinness | Arthur Guinness & Co | Hear My Song | 1991 | Played self |
| Mona's Isle | IoMSPCo | Chariots of Fire | 1980 | Played cross channel steamer |
| Mona's Queen | IoMSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Played Self |
| Nieuw Amsterdam | Holland America Line | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self |
| Prince of Scandinavia [?] | Scandinavian Seaways | Still Crazy | 1998 | |
| Queen Elizabeth | Cunard | Next to No Time | 1959 | Played self |
| Queen Elizabeth 2 | Cunard | "The Magic Christian" | 1969 | Played self |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | The Aviator | 2004 | Played self ? |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | SOS Titanic | 1979 | "Titanic" |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | Poseidon Adventure | 1972 | |
| Queen Mary | Cunard | Assault on A Queen | 1966 | Played Self |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | Titanic 2 | 2010 | Played fictional ship Titanic 2 |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | Britannic | 1997 | Played Britannic some scenes. Others computer generated. |
| Queen Mary | Cunard | Dodsworth | 1936 | Played self |
| Quiberon | Brittany Ferries | Wycliffe | 1990s | Played self arriving Millbay |
| Rex | Italian Line | Dodsworth | 1936 | Played Self |
| Seabourn Legend | Carnival Corporation | Speed 2 - Cruise Control | 1997 | Played self in a hi-jack drama |
| St. Cicilia | Wightlink | Aime Ton Pere [Honour They Father] | 2002 | Plays fictious "Norse Link" Baltic ferry. |
| St. Trillo | Liverpool & North Wales S.S. Co | Hindle Wakes | 1952 | |
| Scammonden | ESL | Yanks | 1979 | US Troop Ship |
| Shieldhall | Solent Steam Nav. Co | Angela's Ashes | Paramount 1999 | "Sartroculus" in opening scenes"Irish Oak", closing sequence. |
| Shieldhall | Solent Steam Nav. Co | Jewels | 1992 | Played Southern Railway Train Ferry |
| Siren [?] | Ocean Surveys | Michael Collins | 1996 | CDSPCo Ferry |
| Sir Joseph Bazelgette | Dublin Corporation | Borstal Boy | 1999 | Ferry |
| Sir Joseph Bazelgette | Dublin Corporation | Johnny Starlight | 1998 | War Transport [interior] |
| Snaefell [?] | IoMSPCo | Alligator Called Daisy | 1955 | Cross Channel Ferry |
| Stena Europe | Stena Line | Baltic Storm | 2003 | Plays ESTONIA |
| Stena Forwarder | Stena Line | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Plays self, visible in opening aerial scenes |
| Southern Harvester | Christian Salvesen | Hell Below Zero | 1954 | |
| Ulysses | Irish Continental Group | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Plays self, visible in opening aerial scenes |
| Viking | IoMPSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Plays self - visible in harbour scene |
| Waverley | Waverley Steam Navigation Co | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 | To be released December 2011 |
| Westerdam [ex Homeric] | Holland America Line | Out to Sea | 1997 | |
| Windsor Castle | Union Castle | Doctor In Trouble | 1962 | Played fictitious "Golden Horn" |
Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the following for contributing to this list: Gary Andrews, Dave Butler, Wayen Blackburn, Neil Ralphs, Adrian Sweeney, Patrick Hill, Graham Mackenzie, Mathias Wolff, David Fairclough, Colin Smith, John Williams, G Harmon the Ostend Ferry Crew, Matt Cross, Mike Edmondson, Tony Sheehan, Richard Seville, Bill Hamilton, Kevin Bennett, George T. Prince, Richard O'Shea,Lester May Kierran, Andrew Hall and Michael Grace. |
