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BALMORAL is seen at Menai Bridge Pier late in the
afternoon of July 20 after completing an Anglesey coastal cruise. It
had been intended that day to operate a "Round The Island" sailing
however, due to adverse sea conditions brought about by the strong
westerly winds the previous day the planned itinerary was modified
and the BALMORAL sailed from Menai Bridge to Caernarfon before
returning "under the bridges and cruising the south, east and
northern coasts as far as Wylfa, before returning to Menai Bridge,
The present pier dates from 1969 and replaced the previous
structure, which dated back to the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship
Company. Berthed alongside BALMORAL is Vosper Thornycroft's PRINCE
MADOG which is chartered to the University of Wales department of
Ocean Sciences. |
