Day one of our holiday saw us travel from Liverpoool to Douglas and attend the Isle of Man beer festival. We parked up and slept on the sea front
Tags: Douglas Douglas harbour Doolish Douglas Isle of Man Isle of Man IOM Mannin Ellan Vannin
© All Rights Reserved
The Three Graces - from Manannan
Tags: Liverpool Three Graces Three Graces Three Graces Liverpool The Royal Liver Building Royal Liver Building Albert dock Royal Albert Dock Mersey Merseyside River Mersey Liverpool water dock quay quayside Pier Head City of Liverpool
© All Rights Reserved
MS Stena Mersey is a RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast.
The Stena Mersey was built in Italy by Cantiere Navale Visentini. The vessel weighs in at 26,500 gt fully laden and can carry up to 980 passengers. The on-board cabins have space to sleep 480 passengers.
There are four vehicle decks with a capicity for approximately 200 trailers. The vessels maximum speed is 27 knots, but usually sails at 23 knots in normal service.
Tags: MS Stena Mersey Stena Mersey Stena Line Mersey Merseyside River Mersey Liverpool City of Liverpool
© All Rights Reserved
Stena Mersey & Stena Forecaster at Liverpool
Stenna Forecaster is a Stena Line freight ferry which normally operates on the Belfast to Birkenhead run. She replaced her sister-ship Stena Forerunner on the route during February 2019. Stena Forecaster is the second of three identical sister-ships built for Stena by the Dalian shipyard in China. As a dedicated freight vessel she only has space for 12 passengers, all of whom are freight drivers
MS Stena Mersey is a RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast.
The Stena Mersey was built in Italy by Cantiere Navale Visentini. The vessel weighs in at 26,500 gt fully laden and can carry up to 980 passengers. The on-board cabins have space to sleep 480 passengers.
There are four vehicle decks with a capicity for approximately 200 trailers. The vessels maximum speed is 27 knots, but usually sails at 23 knots in normal service.
Tags: MS Stena Forecaster Stena Forecaster Mersey Merseyside River Mersey Liverpool City of Liverpool MS Stena Mersey Stena Mersey Stena Line
© All Rights Reserved
The MV Snowdrop is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch until a major refit in 2003, she was named MV Woodchurch.
She was built in 1959 by Philip & Son Ltd. of Dartmouth and designed by naval architects Graham and Woolnough. She was delivered to the Mersey in 1960. The Woodchurch remained in near constant operation up until 1980 when she was withdrawn from service and laid up in Morpeth Dock for reasons of economy. Up until this period there had been minimal maintenance work carried out on the vessel and at one point she even lost the forward port side rubbing strake. She was put up for sale, but no buyer was found. During this time she was cannibalised for parts to keep the other ferries running. By 1983, the ferry was re-painted and overhauled and returned to passenger service
Alongside her sister, the vessel was withdrawn from service for extensive refurbishment in 1989. The six-month absence from the river was the result of a major rebuild and life extension programme. During this, her bridge wings and wheelhouses were plated over to form one single bridge. She returned to service in July 1990.
The Woodchurch was again withdrawn in 2003 for an overhual. The ferry's superstructure was totally removed and replaced. New engines and electrical equipment were installed. The original funnel of Woodchurch was found to be suffering from rust upon removal, so a new funnel was installed. She was relaunched in 2004. A few months later it was revealed that she would be renamed Snowdrop, alongside the Royal Iris of the Mersey and Royal Daffodil. This renewed a 125-year-old link with the past, with all Mersey ferries now carrying traditional Wallasey "flower" names.
In January 2015, the ferry was selected as a "dazzle ship"; she was given a unique new livery inspired by the First World War dazzle camouflage. Designed by Sir Peter Blake and entitled Everybody Razzle Dazzle, the livery was commissioned by Liverpool Biennial, 14-18 NOW and Tate Liverpool. Snowdrop is one of three vessels commissioned to carry a dazzle livery. Snowdrop is the only one of these three vessels to be a working vessel.
Tags: Snowdrop MV Snowdrop Woodchurch MV Woodchurch Mersey Merseyside River Mersey Liverpool water dock quay City of Liverpool
© All Rights Reserved