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MERCHANT SHIPS: MOVIES
Latest updates - highlighted.
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| Ship |
Operator |
Film /TV
Series |
Producer/Date |
Notes |
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Andrea Doria (or
Cristoforo Colombo) |
Italian Line |
On The Waterfront |
1954 |
Played self
- end of film |
| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| Liparus |
Shell
Tankers (UK) Ltd |
The
Spy Who Loved Me |
1977 |
Played
self |
|
Lurline |
Matson Line |
From Here to Eternity |
1953 |
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| Manx Maid |
IoMSPCo |
Letter to Brezhnev |
1985 |
Played self laid up Vittoria Dock |
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Manxman [I] |
IoMSPCo |
No Limit |
1935 |
Depicted by Studio Set |
| Manxman
[II] |
IoMSPCo |
SOS Titanic
|
1979
|
"Carpathia"
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| 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) |
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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 |
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Queen Elizabeth |
Cunard |
Next to No Time |
1959 |
Played self |
|
Queen Elizabeth 2 |
Cunard |
"The Magic Christian" |
1969 |
Played self |
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Queen Mary |
ex-Cunard |
The Aviator |
2004 |
Played self ? |
| Queen Mary |
ex-Cunard
|
SOS Titanic
|
1979
|
"Titanic" |
| Queen Mary |
ex-Cunard |
Poseidon Adventure |
1972 |
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| Queen Mary |
Cunard |
Assault on A Queen |
1966 |
Played Self |
| Queen Mary |
ex-Cunard |
Britannic |
1997 |
Played Britannic some scenes. Others computer generated. |
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Queen Mary |
Cunard |
Dodsworth |
1936 |
Played self |
| Quiberon |
Brittany Ferries |
Wycliffe |
1990s |
Played self arriving Millbay |
|
Rex |
Italian Line |
Dodsworth |
1936 |
Played Self |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
|
Westerdam [ex Homeric] |
Holland America Line |
Out to Sea |
1997 |
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| 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.
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