| YELLOW SUBMARINE & BLUE
PETER SET SAIL |
December 11 |
| Ardent ship
spotters on Merseyside may have noticed that the Beetles Yellow Submarine
has sailed from her usual berth at Chavasse Park and surfaced in the car
park at the west end of the Stanley Abattoir!
Does anyone know where the "Blue Peter" ship has
sailed to? Last seen at her berth outside the Canning Place Police
station?
Dave Crolley - WSS Merseyside |
| MONTAGU
LIVERPOOL - DUBLIN RUMOURS |
November 17 |
| There
is a rumour going about that Montagu are going to run the Liverpool -
Dublin service as a separate company to the Isle of Man Steam Packet and
that this operation may involve freight. The fact that there is no
reference to a Liverpool - Dublin service anywhere in the Isle of Man
Steam Packet Timetable indicated that there was likely to be some change
in the operator of this service.
Also one wonders could there just be
some tie-in with the fact that P&O may still want to off load the
P&O ro/pax service between Liverpool and Dublin? IT
APPEARS THIS WAS A RUMOUR AND NOTHING MORE - THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE
LIVERPOOL - DUBLIN ROUTE WAS ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004. |
| LIGHTSHIP
PLANET SOLD? |
October 17 |
| There
is a strong rumour circulating on the Mersey waterfront that Liverpool
Bar Lightship PLANET, currently berthed at the Historic Warships site at
Birkenhead has been sold. It is believed she will be moved to Fleetwood,
possibly for some commercial venture. The vessel has been up for sale
for some time, though the Lightship Planet Society had been reported as
trying to raise funds to buy her
If true its a sad day for a fine example of
Mersey Maritime Heritage. Why couldn't she have found a home at the
Merseyside Maritime Museum? |
| REDDINGTON TO
BUY CAMMELL LAIRDS NORTH YARD |
October 03 |
| There
is a rumour doing the rounds on the Mersey waterfront that the
developers Reddington Finance [owners of Cammell Laird South Yard] will
make an announcement in the next few weeks announcing they have
purchased the Cammell Laird North Yard from A&P Birkenhead for
around £15m. The yard will then be leased back to A&P on a 25 year
deal. |
| WOODCHURCH TO
BECOME SNOWDROP ??? |
May 16 |
| Picked
up a rumour from a correspondent that the Mersey Ferry WOODCHURCH
currently being rebuilt at the A&P Birkenhead yard may be renamed
Snowdrop.
If true this would resurrect a former
Wallasey Ferries name not used for many years, but would mean that none
of the current vessels would carry a Birkenhead Ferries name.
Whether there is any substance to this
rumour remains to be seen. |
