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Lady of Mann, features in the Gerry and the Pacemakers video of their re-release of "Ferry Across the Mersey". [ 4 ] [ better source needed ] Lady of Mann, appears prominently in the background during the Granada UK sketch-comedy series, Alfresco , in episode 5 of the first series (1983) in a sketch in which two characters walk along the docks.
The crew had conducted a boat drill a week before, and the ship passed a safety inspection by the British Ministry of Transport 24 hours before sailing. She carried a Greek certificate of seaworthiness. Passengers took part in a boat drill on 20 December, but one passenger noted that he was the only one at his lifeboat Station. [7]
Madeira was a schooner barge that sank off the coast of Minnesota in Lake Superior on November 28, 1905. A schooner barge is a type of ship that functions like a barge, in that it is towed by a steamship, but also has sails like a schooner. This type of ship evolved from wooden sailing ships that were cut down into barges and towed behind ...
The aircraft, an Aquila Airways Short Solent 3 flying boat named the City of Sydney, registered G-AKNU, departed Southampton Water at 22:46 on a night flight to Las Palmas and Madeira via Lisbon. At 22:54, the crew radioed to report that the number 4 propeller had been feathered (No. 4 engine feathered. Coming back in a hurry. [2]).
RMS Transvaal Castle was a British ocean liner built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank for the Union-Castle Line for their mail service between Southampton and Durban.In 1966 she was sold to the South Africa-based Safmarine and renamed S.A. Vaal for further service on the same route.
The Port of Funchal was the only major port in Madeira until 2007 when it became fully dedicated to passenger transport – cruise ships and ferries – and other tourist-related boats and yachts. In that year all remaining fishing activity and cargo trade was moved to the newly developed port of Caniçal , 19 km (12 mi) to the east.
The local town council sent a telegram to the ship stating, "Still the finest ship on the seas." To which Mauretania replied with, "to the last and kindliest port in England, greetings and thanks." [ 41 ] Amble, to this day, is still known as 'Amble, the Friendliest Port', and this is still seen on signs when entering the town.
In December 2020, while the Funchal was still laid up in Lisbon, the ship was put up for auction by sealed tender. [15] The ship was purchased by cryptocurrency billionaire Brock Pierce, who paid US$1.9 million/€1.6 million for the ship, who planned to convert it into a 200-room, 5 star hotel at Yard Naval da Rocha Conde de Óbidos. The costs ...