Update is a bit busy this week, so please spend some time to go through it.
John Veal and myself had the pleasure of meeting with the owners daughter prior to the meeting.
We would both like to thank her for the courtesy she extended.
We learnt more about the history of the ship in that 90 minutes than we have in six months of research.
After talking to the daughters owners I have decided to remove the link to 28 Days later. Whilst these pictures were interesting I feel that they could encourage others to take a similar line and I will not condone nor support those types of actions.
Meeting Update:
SUNDAY 30th March 2008
A relaxed and informal meeting was held at The Springfields with the following attendees.
John Veal, Hull
Chris Edwards, Manchester
Jonathon Rogers, Holywell
Mike Clarke, Manchester
Luke Howard-Pask, Lincoln
Gareth Perks, Telford.
Paul Williams, (Willow) Greenfield.
The main crux of the meeting was discussing the ships history and measures to assist in the ships future.
I will write up the meeting when I get chance this week.
Site Update
I have updated the discussions page with extracts taken from the "Tourist Information Board" at The Funship Market.
Very, very interesting reading and sheds a great deal of light over the mystery of the ship.
Pictures, I know you've all seen pictures like these before but please visit the picture pages. I let my 9 year old loose with a camera and being low to the ground he got some pretty unusual shots!
Finally, at the meeting I received an Itinerary from a 1962 cruise. The quality of the document is much better than the scans but you can gain an understanding of the quality of the cruise
The scans are shown below.
Thanks to Jonathon Rogers
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I am unable to send the Info Sheet via E mail so here goes. My name is Denis J Ranaghan and I live in Southern Ireland. My interest in the ship is that I sailed in her several times over the years. In between my trips on foreign going vessels. I was on her on her Maiden or Inaugural Voyage in September 1956. Jimmy Taylor was Bosun of her then. I was also aboard her as crew when she sailed for the last time from Holyhead to Fishguard before being delivered to her new owners and her final trip to oblivion. I am the only person to have done her maiden and last voyages under British Railway/ Sealink UK flags. There is hardly a spot on the DOL that I could not bring you to blindfolded. Before I transferred to Holyhead I spent the previous 10 years on the DOL. I would be one of the few people with a depth of knowledge of the ship, her old crews and her many adventures. My skills may not matter to you at this stage.
In the Comradeship of the Sea. D J Ranaghan