Ferries around the World

Untitled image in Ferries Around the World (Gallery Three) (25051)

Untitled image in Ferries Around the World (Gallery Three) (25057)

Sam McBride on 25th May 2018.- double-ended screw driven diesel engine – 915 Passengers.The ferry was commissioned in 1939 and built by John Inglis & Company & The Toronto Dry Dock Company.It was named after a former Mayor, who had been the founding chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission.

2000 built Ro-Ro ferry Celandine seen passing the closed Tilbury power station on 8th August 2017.

MV Loch Riddon is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited ro-ro car ferry, built in 1986 and operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. After the first eleven years of her life in the Kyles of Bute, she served at Largs between 1997 and 2013. After a short spell as the Lismore vessel she returned to Largs in June 2014.She is seen working as relief on the Tobermory to Kilchoan service on 29th September 2015.

Water Taxi seen in Rotterdam on 24th May 2016.The preserved liner S.S. Rotterdam is in the background.

Mersey Ferry Royal Iris of the Mersey arriving at Pier Head on 29th April 2013.The Overchurch was given her major refit in 1998 at Lengthline Ship Repairers in Manchester, which resulted in a major rebuilding of all decks and fitting of new engines and navigation equipment. She was renamed Royal Daffodil and returned to service in 1999. Mountwood and Woodchurch were also refitted and renamed Royal Iris of the Mersey and Snowdrop, respectively in 2002 and 2004. The ferries were re-designed by their original architects - Graham and Woolnough. When all three vessels were refitted, the previously used helms and binnacles with compasses were placed back on the refurbished bridges. Other equipment, such as the telegraphs, were put in storage in the Mersey Ferries' archives. The fleet of three have served the river for nearly five decades and 2009 saw the 50th birthdays of the Royal Iris of the Mersey and the Snowdrop.

Red Funnels Red Jet 4 leaving Cowes for Southampton on 6th January 2015.The grounded vehicle carrier Hoegh Osaka is in the distance.

Bon Marine De Serk departing St.Peter Port,Guernsey on 5th July 2015 for the Island of Sark.