Comments

Good to see the old days remembered. Joe Moloney retired Foreman Dun Laoghaire. aged 85 yrs

Delighted to hear from you Joe!! So glad you enjoyed the look back! Stay in touch! Justin.

Date: 03 December, 2008
Time: 21:42

Comments

Hello Justin, I notice that, at long last, the Namma Shipping Lines homepage is featuring statistical information for the Masarrah. If I'm reading the figures correctly, it would appear that she in now operating with a much reduced passenger complement. Do you have any recent news concerning the ship and her operations? Regards, Gerry Lennon (Birmingham)

I do know she is in service Gerry as she was spotted crossing the Red Sea in June. However, little else seems to be known at this time. However, I am trying to ascertain what her status is. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 10 November, 2008
Time: 01:20

Comments

Great site, well done..

Date: 05 November, 2008
Time: 12:30

Comments

Found your site by accident and then spent over two hours visually reminiscing the familiar vessels. I was a Sealink UK employee - London-based - up to privatisation in 1984, when I elected to remain with the railway. Well done! Neil Henry (Training Assistant 1979-84 Eversholt House)

Thanks Neil, have sent you an email. Rgds, Justin

Date: 29 October, 2008
Time: 13:57

Comments

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT CAPTAIN LEWIS PRITCHARD PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY

Thank you for that, very sad news indeed. I have very happy memories of Capt Pritchard - an absolute gentleman. Rgds, Justin

Date: 27 October, 2008
Time: 16:34

Comments

I was trying to find out when cars were first transported to dublin from UK in the 1950's. I know my dad used to bring his car over from England then but cant find out which route, It was probably before ro/ro? I travelled as a kid in the 70's with my parents every year Dublin to Holyhead, so this site brought back lots of memories. Thanks. B.

The mail ships carried cars to Dun Laoghaire, being craned loaded on board. This practice would certainly have been the norm from the mid 1950's. Rgds, Justin

Date: 17 October, 2008
Time: 12:57

Comments

so happy i founf this site , will tell my sister in the states ( 46 yrs now ) she will love it too .

kind regards

Brenda Murphy ( nee Sheehy) sallynoggin

Thanks Brenda! Rgds, Justin

Date: 15 October, 2008
Time: 11:48

Comments

art kieran 15/10/08

dear justin.

i dont know if you know this story,

i was told by a port worker in 1965, that at a distance

you could tell which mail ship,( hibernia cambria)

because one of their front masts was slightly out of

alinement with its back mast !!! all the best.

Thanks Art. Not sure about that one! I can tell you the Cambria's ensign pole down aft was varnished, while on the Hibernia it was painted white. The Hibernia also had a window next to her aft upper gangway shell door, while the Cambria did not. Rgds, Justin

Date: 10 October, 2008
Time: 22:16

Comments

brilliant takes me back to my youth looking at those fine looking vessls,keep up the good work,

Date: 06 October, 2008
Time: 14:06

Comments

Thank you Justin for reviving my own fond memories of my own childhood in and around D.L. Sandycove andBullock harbours.Started a seagoing career in a Arklow f.v.Served time on the old Murell two reliefs on Granuaile. Spent about four years deepsea from London.Did a year in N.Z. and came accross to Aust. where I did about 33 years on the coast,Newcastle has been my home port.Niall Luke

Thanks Niall! Rgds, Justin

Date: 03 October, 2008
Time: 22:45

Comments

I sailed my first deep sea trip on the Blue Funnel ship "Neleus" sailed Birkenhead November 10 TH 1955 returned to Liverpool January 27 TH 1956. On the same ship serving as a Midshipman who was to become Captain Ian Farrell, a gentleman and dedicated mariner. I never met Captain Ian Farrell after that, but did cross over to Ireland on a ship that he was Captain on but he was unavalable at the time. I wish him "good health and a happy retirement"

Ernie Barrow (Now in Virginia USA)

Thanks Ernie! Rgds, Justin

Date: 29 September, 2008
Time: 18:17

Comments

hi my name is tom keane ,i have been logging onto your web site for the last year and enjoy reading the history of sealink and its ferrys.i have been to holyhead since 1973 going on holiday every year and seen the changes at the port over the years.i used to drive trucks for a living and used holyhead 2 to 3 times a week and used every ferry that use's the port. your web site brings back old memories ,but you cant beat the old style ferrys of the 60's ,70's and 80's.keep up the good work thanks.

Thanks Tom! Rgds, Justin

Date: 16 September, 2008
Time: 22:58

Comments

Lovely site. I have fond memories of the mail boat coming into Dun Laoghaire.

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 12 September, 2008
Time: 10:30

Comments

I was a deck hand on the Lancaster in her Heysham days. Great site and a shame where she has ended up. Dave Shirley

It is indeed Dave, perhaps only a matter of time before she is "dismantled". Rgds, Justin

Date: 04 September, 2008
Time: 00:43

Comments

has the fine captain mills got any photos per chance'

Date: 02 September, 2008
Time: 12:23

Comments

Hi Justin,

I am glad that somebody has rectified that Dr Crilly is alive, as he is my father-in-law I know that he is alive and well this morning and not doing too bad at 87 despite the rigours of old age.

Best wishes,

Keith Roberts www.holyheadcoastguard.co.uk

I'm glad to have been able to rectify it Keith!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 25 August, 2008
Time: 20:15

Comments

Valencay (Eptanisos) and Villandry (Delos).We loved them here in Greece...

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 17 August, 2008
Time: 21:54

Comments

Hello, i just wonder if any one remembers John J D Sheil who was a Radio Officer in the 50's at Holyhead and then moved to the Larne/Stranraer route Radio officer until he retierd 1984 at the age of 60. He sadly passed away March 2005, father of 5, grandfather of 9. His wife, Maureen, passed away some months later in December 2005.

Date: 09 August, 2008
Time: 19:37

Comments

As a young lad of 14 i travelled to Holyhead aboard the Princess Maud in 1956. I had started a nosebleed in Galway and was still bleeding when we boarded the ship.The swings and bumps must have had an effect as it stopped before we got to Holyhead.Asea journey i will never forget,God bless her Pat Canavan

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 29 July, 2008
Time: 17:03

Comments

caledonian / tuxedo princess now leaves gateshead tyne for greece

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 27 July, 2008
Time: 22:24

Comments

Hi Just to let you know the Caledonian Princess (Tuxedo Princess) berthed at Gateshead has now departed the river for new pastures in Greece...

Thought if may be of interest to people..

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7527792.stm

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 22 July, 2008
Time: 11:35

Comments

Great work Justin...fantastic reading, brings back many good childhood memories. Cheers mate! :)

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 20 July, 2008
Time: 01:20

Comments

a very slick presentation ! well done justin

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 19 July, 2008
Time: 12:41

Comments

A very interesting web site that brings back lots of memories. Although I no longer reside in Holyhead my father (Sam Jones or Sam Goch as he was known)worked on the boats from the age of fourteen until he retired.

Mary Tomsett (nee Jones)

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 15 July, 2008
Time: 12:57

Comments

I travelled the Irish Sea most summers during the seventies. i was only a young lad then but always remember a crossing on the 'Duke of Lancaster'. It had been a rough crossing, not unusual, my mother took me and my eldest brother onto the top deck, where most people where holding on tight and experiencing sea sickness. My dad and younger brother slept the whole journey.(lucky sods) As we approached Holyhead, the captain's voice came over the tannoy.' can all passengers please remain where they are as we are taking up the stabalisers' At this point my mother noticed a priest who had started praying. We joined in and we were never so glad to reach dry land and get on a train as that day. In subsequent years as we approached holyhead we always prayed that it would be 'The Big One' this year (St Columba). Happy days.... Patrick (warrington)

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 15 July, 2008
Time: 11:36

Comments

A most enjoyable site. An excellent selection of photographs and interesting contributions. Keep up the good work.

Captain David Box

Many thanks! Rgds, Justin

Date: 02 June, 2008
Time: 12:40

Comments

Nice Website

On the pictures of the 'Holyhead Officers' you have a a picture of 'The late Dr Crilly, of Rhosneigr, enjoys a visit to the bridge with John Langley R/O'

I'm afraid to tell you but Dr Crilly is still very much Alive

Whoops!  Many thanks - information came from one of the Masters!  I am sure he will be delighted to learn Dr Crilly is still with us!!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 01 June, 2008
Time: 00:35

Comments

I just happened upon this Website as I was checking out information on Dun Laoghaire. I've been living in Los Angeles for over 30 years now but I was born and raised in the town of Dun Laoghaire and I went to school in Eblana Ave. ( Christian Bros...). This Website brings back rich memories of an incredible childhood living in the center of town in Dun Loghaire. My large family lived in a large house where Marine Road and Upper George's Street intersected. My old home is long gone now, as it was knocked down to make way for the Dun Laoghaire Shopping Center. I remember running down to the pier to see the Mailboat coming in. It's was always an exciting event and it was great to see all the people coming off the boats. It was especially fun when we were fishing off our small little boat outside the habour and seeing the "huge" ship passing us by in the open waters. When I tell my friends of my treasured childhood in Dun laoghaire and all my adventures in and around the habour, they are filled with amazement. What a great childhood !! Thanks Dun Laoghaire and all the boats that sailed in it !!!!

Fantastic!  I fully understand the excitement you describe - wonderful memories!  Kind regards,  Justin

Date: 24 May, 2008
Time: 11:48

Comments

Two former workmates would very much like to make contact with Simon Mills (Master of Stena Explorer) . Myself, Andrew Purser worked with Simon during his time on the seacats out of Liverpool and Simon Radcliff, who was a cadet with Simon. We are both in New Zealand, Simon as Master and myself as Chief Engineer on Strait Shippings interisland ferry the 'Santa Regina. Would be extremely grateful if you could pass on our contact details which are: [email protected] or [email protected]  I have also worked with Captain Richard Davies, Captain John Garner and Captain Trevor Bailey on the Stena Londoner a few years back. I also have many memories of Justin Merrigan during my time on the seacats and superseacats at the Port of Dublin. It was wonderful to come across this web page and get a few blasts from the past. It's a real good site that I shall continue to visit from the other side of the world. It really would be fabulous if you could ask Simon to get in touch. My home email address is: [email protected]  It would also be great to hear from Justin again. Last I heard he was at Incat in Tasmania, just over 'the ditch' from us here in Kiwi land!

Hi guys!  I have received both your emails, so I will reply to those very soon!  In the meantime, I will try to ensure that all those named above are aware of this message!  Yes, still in Tassie with Incat and indeed I spent six months in Wellington a few years back on secondment to the TopCat operation.  Please give my regards to Sheryl Mateni!!  Cheers, Justin

Date: 19 May, 2008
Time: 22:35

Comments

yes i love this website it relly good 10 out of 10 keep your good work up , its relly good so see ship you were on when i younger

Date: 16 May, 2008
Time: 12:35

Comments

This site along with its photographs really brought back many happy memories of my many journeys to/from Ireland.

Neil MacDonald Gateshead

Date: 10 May, 2008
Time: 23:40

Comments

PLEASE SEND MY KIND REGARDS TO CAPTAIN SIMON MILLS WHO HELPED AVOID A MINOR COLLISION WHEN BERTHING ON NOVEMBER 5TH CELEBRATIONS AT "THE BARGE"... A FINE YOUNGS PUB RIVER THAMES, I,M SURE HE WOULD BE MORE THAN PLEASED TO FILL IN THE DETAILS OF THE MUTINY TO HIS ESTIMED COLLEAGUES AT SEALINK.. KIND REGARDS JONNY MARTIN

Hi Jonny, I have passed your comment to Simon who has explained EVERYTHING!!!!  Rgds,  Justin

Date: 29 April, 2008
Time: 09:01

Comments

hi justin, wouldnt be without this site, at the moment im collecting postcards of all the ships that have been in holyhead i have most i was wondering if you or anybody else who visits this site knows if they published any of the following ships on postcards prinsessan desiree stena voyager trearddur dalrinda any of the slieve boats or the 2 container boats and the auersberg keep up the good work. regards alan

Hi Alan. Sealink wouldn't have produced anything of the Desiree, and as the Tre-arrdur was a ship in lay-up they wouldn't have done anything there either.  The container ships would not have been worthy I'm sad to say. As for the Stena Voyager, I am sure that you would find plenty in the shops around Stranraer.  Kind regards, Justin.

Date: 11 April, 2008
Time: 10:27

Comments

Lovely to see the old place again, now living in Australia. Left from here in the sixties...Ray ..Sydney Australia,,,love your site.........

Thanks Ray, really glad you enjoy it!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 29 March, 2008
Time: 18:16

Comments

Loved having a look around, especially at the pictures of past crews. I may even have found a relative amongst them. Would be good to know if there's anyone still around who knew her.

Let us know who it is and then we might be able to help!  Kind rgds, Justin

Date: 25 March, 2008
Time: 21:24

Comments

Its very good. given me hours of pleasure.

Date: 18 March, 2008
Time: 01:11

Comments

Further to bcanavan's comments (Dec 2007) regarding people coming over to England in the late 1940's 1950', I know people who say they came via Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead, cattle were on the boat and it was the norm then. Other friends, Dubliners, say the cattle boats only went from Dublin port. Can anyone tell me who is right? Or is it possible that cattle boats left from both ports in those post-world war 2 years?

No, cattle was never shipped via Dun Laoghaire. The Railway company only carried cattle from Dublin and the only passengers on those ships were usually drovers and traders.  It was however the norm to carry passengers on the old B&I cattle ships sailing to Liverpool via Birkenhead.  Rgds, Justin

Date: 16 March, 2008
Time: 17:16

Comments

i sailed on this wonderful ship as a yonug boy at the weekends as much as i could and i enjoyed every minute of it this ship has a special place in my heart and i will always miss her and maybe ill get the chance to sail with her again and stroll down memory lane again .tony

Hi Tony, which ship are you referring to?  Rgds, Justin

Date: 12 March, 2008
Time: 19:02

Comments

Great picture of the Earl Godwin

Date: 12 March, 2008
Time: 13:21

Comments

arthur kieran 12/3/08

dear justin,

are there any photos of the break up of the hibernia or holyhead ferry one ?

I wish Arthur!  Very doubtful I'm afraid. Kind Rgds, Justin

Date: 10 March, 2008
Time: 21:29

Comments

What a fantastic website. i have only just found it and i am particularly interested in the old piers at Dun Lagohaire. The articles on the web site fully put me in the picture about the old piers as to where they were before the new terminal was built for Stena. i have lots of photos of the irish ships of recent years if you would like to display on on your website. I would love to correspond with people who loved the ferries of the Irish Sea. I think that your site is brill.

Clive Eardley

Thank you Clive!  Unfortunately you have left no way of contacting you!  Please feel free to contact us via the email button on the What's new page, or sign up for the Sealink Group. Rgds, Justin

Date: 26 February, 2008
Time: 15:40

Comments

Thank you for this very interesting Documentation of Sealink History concerning ships an Master Officers, I was travelling often on the route Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire during the 80 th . It's nice to see twenty Years later who had been the Masters and to know the history of the ships, thank you it's a great site !! Patrick Graf

Thanks Patrick!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 26 February, 2008
Time: 14:46

Comments

Justin,

I just made contact with an old classmate of mine from C.B.S Eblana..not seen him for 40 years... He is a Bray fella, James Devitt and was until retirement an engineer with the opposition Irish Ferry Ferries... Met him thru 'other site' Kind regards Enviro500......D 823

Date: 03 February, 2008
Time: 19:06

Comments

hi just got internet installed, finding this so interesting. my mother worked on Princess Maud as a nurse round the 40,s. anyone out there who might of worked with her or is related to anyone who might of done the same.

Date: 02 February, 2008
Time: 00:53

Comments

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=26919

Urban Explores on the Duke Of Lancaster

Internal pictures

Madddyyy

Date: 31 January, 2008
Time: 20:22

Comments

The site goes from strength to strength........ I am a resident in the virtual world of Secondlife and have written books in and about Secondlife. I worked on the St Columba for 14 years and i have a very exciting and unique project. I am going to fathfully recreate her from the 1986 build of Sealink days.

For more information and to follow this build please go here.

https://st-columba-sealink.blogspot.com/

for contact details please email me at [email protected]

Date: 26 January, 2008
Time: 19:56

Comments

looked on this site in relation to the duke of lancaster.. discovered her recently in wales and think i might have sailed in her as a child... pity to see her rot.. would love to see her back in belfast... pj

Date: 17 January, 2008
Time: 11:47

Comments

As a former crew member it is nice to see a site dedicated to the history of the the ferries that brings back many good memories

Date: 15 January, 2008
Time: 15:10

Comments

Hi Justin,

Best wishes for 2008 and lots of Seacat sales also

Artice to be shown on RTE /TG4 late Jan about Sarah Is. Tasmania and Deportees in mid 1800s.. for your interest

Dave O'Connor

Date: 14 January, 2008
Time: 20:03

Comments

very good, I used to sail on her as a passenger

Roderick J Carlyle

Date: 12 January, 2008
Time: 22:40

Comments

Good website. I like to see ships and I created my own site with pics from the Gulf of Naples. https://www.capri.fotopic.net/ if you like to visit it. Stefano

Date: 10 January, 2008
Time: 17:40

Comments

hi gents any new news on where the big C is at the moment as i would like to go and travel on her and get us some new pictures !! Robbie Irwin nottingham

Date: 31 December, 2007
Time: 10:14

Comments

I was interested to read in the section on 'The Irish Cattle Boats' that they only occasionally carried passengers, yet may older Irish people in Britain speak of coming over after the war in 'cattle boats' and some actually speak of hearing the cattle on the decks. Is this a case of 'false memory' or an urban myth, or an oversight on on the part of the authors. [email protected]

They would most likely be talking of sailing on the ships of the British & Irish Steam Packet  from Dublin to Liverpool. As far as I know, some of their ships would call at Birkenhead to discharge cattle before continuing to Liverpool with passengers. Rgds, Justin

Date: 12 December, 2007
Time: 21:29

Comments

Hi Justin Was doing a search for something quite different, but inadvertently found your site, and have spent such a fascinating couple of hours that I've completely forgotten what it was that I was searching for! Think it's a great outlet for some of your wealth of photos + stories. I particularly liked the account of being a merchant seaman during WW2. Hope all is well with all of you. My Mum moved to very near me in Bray a few years ago from her house overlooking Dun Laoghaire Harbour, + has come across Phil's stepmother in the Bray Choral Society. Take care, Julie Carvill [email protected]

Date: 26 November, 2007
Time: 17:42

Comments

I served on board the Caledonian Princess during her time in Fishguard and was the Chief Engineer that took her via Harwich to Middlesbourgh dry dock at the end of her time in Fishguard, prior to Channel Island service. She was always my favourite vessel and I saw many a bad storm in the Irish sea with her. It is very sad to see her now as she is, I hate to think what the Chief Engineer,s cabin now is. Maybe one day I,ll see..

Thanks Chief! I took a look inside the cabin just abaft the wheelhouse on the starboard side. It was a mess. Fixtures and fitting still there, but seemed to be in use as a workshop!  It seems she is not much longer for Gateshead. Rgds, Justin

Date: 25 November, 2007
Time: 19:24

Comments

Robert Owen Jones spent two summer seasons, 1966 and 1967 on Hibernia as a student. Wonderful memories. Any other students recall those days?

Date: 18 November, 2007
Time: 02:41

Comments

What an excellent website, brought back some fond memories.

Date: 07 November, 2007
Time: 23:45

Comments

What a find your website, Fond memories. I was born- bred in DUN-LAOGHAIRE MY first trip on the Mail-Boat as we called it was in 1963 ,I left to come to live in England . Over the years i gone back as often as i can My Father worked on the pier for many years, I believe the Ship i sailed on was the CAMBRIA, I often wondered what happened to the ships ,The Hibernia and Princess Maud where thy scrapped ? THANK YOU .7/11/07 [email protected] 

Date: 21 October, 2007
Time: 21:04

Comments

What a very good website. I enjoyed looking at some of the boats I worked on while they were at Harwich.

Date: 19 October, 2007
Time: 15:33

Comments

Does Anyone know which year the Marine Yard was opened, and when did it close?

Thank You.

It was opened in the early 1850s and closed in 1986. Well worth a read is Gareth Rowland's book 'No Problem's Too Small', an excellent history of the yard. Rgds, Justin

Date: 18 October, 2007
Time: 17:00

Comments

Very interesting! Would you be able to help me trace my ancestor who worked on the "City of Dublin Steam Packet ships" possibly before 1819 he later worked on "SAlt Island" and was the boatswain there, and received a pension from the admiralty this would be about the 1850s his name was" Richard Maddern "and he lived in Holyhead in church lane. IF anyone can help me I can be reached on [email protected]  OR perhaps you could point me in the right direction to follow this up! Thank you ,I hope I haven't intruded in your space but I am "stuck" on this one !

Perhaps someone from Holyhead's maritime museum might be able to help? Rgds, Justin

Date: 17 October, 2007
Time: 22:28

Comments

I worked on the Holyhead ships in catering when I was a student between 1965 and 1971 -my first job was on Princess Maud. John Gwilym Owen, the chief cook cured my seasickness by forcing me to eat a plate of cold beef and tomatoes in the galley!! Spent two summer seasons on Cambria as a waiter in the first class saloon with student Dafydd Ross (Robert Street), Gerry Burnell (London Road) and Eric Roberts (Four Mile Bridge)and have great memories of all the regular crew. My last summer season was on the Dover -would not have missed the experience for the world- had a great time with great people.

Great stuff - thanks for sharing your memories! Rgds, Justin

Date: 16 October, 2007
Time: 19:32

Comments

Could anyone put me in touch with Stan Basnett photographer of the Antrim Princess as shown.

Also would anyone who has photos of the berthside view of the railway station at Stranraer Harbour please make contact.

[email protected]

Date: 15 October, 2007
Time: 11:44

Comments

many thanks for your very interesting website . it brings back a lot of good memories for me . I joined the Holyhead boats from the Indefatigable in 1955 and sailed as deck boy on the Cambria , and a few of the cattle boats too. best regards Barrie J Parker

Glad you enjoyed it Barrie! Rgds, Justin

Date: 10 October, 2007
Time: 22:51

Comments

Does anyone have the contact details for the current owners of Duke of Lancaster? I feel we should to save and preserve the noble ship. Carl Rose. [email protected]

Their web site was at https://solitaireliverpool.com/ but I see this now appears to be offline. Rgds, Justin

Date: 08 October, 2007
Time: 14:26

Comments

great site, the photos are 1st class. my only other comment is the photo of Alfie wynn,Tecs Williams and Tom Williams. My father is shown in the photo and his name is Tecs Griffiths not Tecs Williams. I worked in the Port for a few years, working in the Warehouse gangs, driving a container cranes and then the finance department.

Regards

Jim Griffiths

Hi Jim, many thanks for the correction - now updated!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 30 September, 2007
Time: 17:27

Comments

NAME PETER HUNT EX MEMBER OF SEALINK IN CONTINENTAL TRAVEL AT VICTORIA STATION LONDON . LOTS OF HAPPY MEMORIES AT VICTORIA AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED YOUR WEBSITE . REMEMBER IN PARTICULAR THE MANOEUVRES AT THE STATION BERTH AND THE SHEER PROFESSIONALISM OF BOTH HOLYHEAD AND FISHGUARD CREWS . [email protected]

Hi Peter, good to hear from the Victoria Station side of the business! I am sure your comments will be appreciated by all at Holyhead and Fishguard. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 24 September, 2007
Time: 21:11

Comments

A wonderful site which I have enjoyed perusing - and which I will revisit again. My interest derives from childhood memories. I am fifty years old. My grandfather was Richard Salisbury Jones of Moreton Rd, Holyhead, who, having sailed since the age of sixteen, ended his sea-faring years as Quartermaster aboard the Hibernia during the early sixties. I boarded the ship with him countless times during school holidays as a small child. He retired from the sea and continued working for quite a while in what I can only describe as a wooden hut on the pier in Salt Island, from which he operated various lights etc on the approach into Holyhead Harbour. He was known to all as "Dick Salisbury" and he and his best pal "Wil John" (from "Bod Alaw" in Rhos y Gaer Avenue) kept me amused for hours with their tales of the high seas. I would be fascinated if you have any references, or paperwork or photographs involving my grandfather.

Keep up the good work. Geraint Salisbury Jones September 2007. (email : [email protected] )

Hi Geraint, glad to know you enjoyed the 'work in progress'! I hope some of the site users will be able to share some memories of your grandfather! Kind rgds, Justin.

Date: 23 September, 2007
Time: 21:51

Comments

This is a great site. Loads of memories. Travelled quite a bit on Columba during her time in D'Laoghaire. However I used to work D'laoghire for a freight forwarder doing the customs clearance for drivers arrivng on the various sailings during the days before free borders movement. Many a winters morning I stood at the end of the Ramps waiting for the vehicles I was meeting to off-load. Loved those day's. With the HSS and all the new stuff the romance of it is well and truly gone... Saw the Columba a few year ago in Mykonos in her new life. Still looks great.

Many thanks for your comments - pity I didn't have your name as a retired member of the freight team at Dun Laoghaire has just visited our home here in Tasmania and many a yarn was enjoyed!  Kind rgds, Justin.

Date: 22 September, 2007
Time: 06:35

Comments

Great memories of both Sealink and B&I, used to travel over to Ireland every year since 1969, seems not so long ago.

Not long ago at all! Rgds, Justin.

Date: 20 September, 2007
Time: 14:07

Comments

A very nice site. I remember travelling as a boy regularly between Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire particularly from the mid 1960s up to the late 1980s. This was initially on the old mail boats 'Hibernia' (I did my last trip in July 1976 a few months before she retired)and 'Cambria' and one return trip on the car ferry 'Duke of Lancaster' in August 1973. One journey was made from Heysham instead of Holyhead (over 7 hours overnight!)in 1971 due to the fact that the Britannia Bridge had burnt down. I remember the then ultra-modern 'St.Columba' with fondness making my first crossing in August 1977 when she was just a few months old. This was the ship that I travelled on most and in various livery changes starting with the removal of the BR insignia on the funnel through to the full blue/yellow 'British Ferries' scheme. It was also on the 'St.Columba' that I last stood on deck to get the magnificient open-air view approaching Dun Laoghaire harbour (sadly now no longer able to do since the ship was replaced by the HSS Catamaran). One of the most spectacular views though was more recent just after a storm at the end of February 2004 when the whole of Wales was covered in a white blanket of snow. After leaving Holyhead on the afternoon 'Ulysses' sailing to Dublin, the clouds cleared and from the deck looking back across Anglesey to Snowdonia the view was just stunning with late winter sunshine giving a beautiful glow to the mountains which were completely covered in snow. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me.

Gerard McIver

Hi Gerard, many thanks for sharing your memories with us. I know only too well the views you describe, and yes, they were spectacular!  There was nothing like coming up on the kish on the afternoon sailing, perhaps a squall moving across the bay from the west - beautiful!  Kind regards, Justin.

Date: 14 September, 2007
Time: 12:04

Comments

VERY GOOD TRAVELLED ON THE ST COLUMBA 1 WEEK AFTER ENTERING SERVICE ON HOLYHEAD ROUTE, HAVE TRAVELLED ON ALL NAME CHANGES BEFORE THIS VESSEL LEFT HOLYHEAD ROUTE. MICHAEL TIGHE BEDFORD

Thanks Michael! Rgds, Justin.

Date: 10 September, 2007
Time: 09:09

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Some good memories here - thanks. I was in the sales side of S&ISD from 1971 to 1979, based at Liverpool Street and then Eversholt Street. I stayed with BR until 1997. Loved it, but missed the ships in particular when I moved on. Regards, John Stedman

Hi John, glad to hear it brought back some memories! Rgds, Justin.

Date: 05 September, 2007
Time: 23:33

Comments

it's taken me a long time to reply, but yes it's a good site. Keith

Thanks Keith! Rgds, Justin

Date: 01 September, 2007
Time: 10:43

Comments

Excellent site gents. Well done. I used to sail from Swansea to Cork and then Dublin to Liverpool with B&I on family hols as a child.

Date: 22 August, 2007
Time: 21:17

Comments

Fantastic Stranraer photos from Kenny Kane, great to see Antrim Princess again. Joe C

Date: 21 August, 2007
Time: 16:28

Comments

This website is brilliant and provides some great pictures of a high quality. Congratulations!

Date: 15 August, 2007
Time: 20:00

Comments

Great website. We emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1957. Our first memory was leaving Dun Laoghaire Sept. 14, 1957 on the mailboat. It was a rough journey and it was overnight - we didn't have berths and had to try and sleep in armchairs on a rolling ship. I don't know the name of the ship but it was likely the Maud - from everything I read. I thought we landed in Liverpool.

Indeed it sounds like it very well have been the Princess Maud! Many thanks, Justin

Date: 10 August, 2007
Time: 20:14

Comments

Superb website. Thank you.

In Memories & Yarns, Peter Scott Roberts mentions trips aboard 'Western Lady' in Dublin Bay.

That would have been 'Western Lady III', former WWII Fairmile B Rescue Motor Launch RML497.

She was owned by the Western Lady Ferry Service of Torbay, South Devon and was on a sabbatical to Dun Laoghaire in 1967.

She indeed survives having only recently retired from their Brixham to Torquay ferry service along with her sister, 'Western Lady IV (RML526).

As of this month (August 2007), she is running trips along the Jurassic Coast out of Swanage, Dorset whilst Western Lady IV has become a private vessel.

More info at: www.savethewesternladies.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk 

Regards, Steve Powell, Stourbridge, England.

Thanks for filling the gap Steve! Rgds, Justin

Date: 30 July, 2007
Time: 12:54

Comments

The web site is a gem, full of information, history, pictures, Etc. Brings back memories of when I worked on the ships in Holyhead. Ernie Barrow.

Thanks for your kind comments Ernie - glad you enjoyed! Rgds, Justin

Date: 14 July, 2007
Time: 19:46

Comments

Many thanks for sharing your site...It was great to see my old classmates Cledwyn Roberts and Gilbert Brown in the Engineers section......They haven't changed a bit. I hope to visit Holyhead in the near future now that my brother Stephen has all but completed his house near Soldiers Point. It would be nice to meet-up with the old crowd again. Best Wishes and Kind Regards Ken Hughes (Cardiff)

Hi Ken, many thanks!  Would quite like to get some more engineering content in!!!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 09 July, 2007
Time: 01:02

Comments

A great web site, many memories about growing up in Holyhead and seeing all the boats. Also reading about my dad Capt Hubert Hughes. I still miss the sea after living in Canada for the last 16 years.

Thank you very much for your kind comments - delighted to know the site brought back some memories! Please feel free to add to the site by contacting me via the email link on the What's New page! Rgds, Justin

Date: 07 July, 2007
Time: 20:28

Comments

Great site, I have a passion for ferries. Live in Belfast. As a student worked on the ex Larne Stranraer ferries. Galloway, Caledonia and Antrim. Love seeing the Caledonia ploughing Belfast Lough still looking a fine sight!! I know times have to move on but miss travelling as a kid on the Ailsa and Antrim Princesses if only for a short time.

Happy memories! Kind regards, Justin

Date: 01 July, 2007
Time: 21:58

Comments

Great site, brings back the memories of my childhood on that ship every summer!

Great!  Glad you enjoyed. Rgds, Justin

Date: 25 June, 2007
Time: 09:27

Comments

great site. brought back some happy memories, particularly of Saint Columba which I was fortunate to sail on, on 4 occasions as a child/teenager. On sailing on Ulysses in 2001, the harbour had changed so much from my childhood memories that i had difficulty recalling but this site has refreshed them. particularly remember getting off the train at holyhead, boarding the saint columba, going straight up to the forward viewing area and staying there until we docked in dun laoghire then getting on that train!!

happy days!!

MART

Hi Mart, yep, the harbour has certainly changed!  Glad you like the site!! Rgds, Justin

Date: 17 June, 2007
Time: 11:46

Comments

Very well done site. Would like to see more images of the Challenger.

Callum

Thanks Callum, it will be done!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 17 June, 2007
Time: 11:44

Comments

Beautiful Site. would like to see more pictures of D��n Laoghaire passenger terminal in present day.

This is planned, when time permits. There is quite a backlog of material to upload! Rgds, Justin

Date: 16 June, 2007
Time: 20:12

Comments

Quite a nice site. Chock full of the sort of things to bring a chuckle to mariners everywhere.

Does any one have any information of Capt. John F. Pinchin, Master of Scotia during 1914-18, Commodore of the LNWR fleet? Would love to correspond if you do.

Best Regards, Capt. G. D. Emmons USMM (Ret)

How about it, does anyone out there have any information of Capt. Pinchin? Rgds, Justin

Date: 15 June, 2007
Time: 21:44

Comments

I have a personal link with Holyhead now having brought away from her home port a 1960's British Rail/Sealink clinker motor launch used as a harbour boat. She was built at Holyhead, and more information about her would be welcome and reading this wonderful site has helped so much to put into context the sort of work she did and the conditions she worked in. Robin [email protected] 

Where do you keep her Robin? Rgds, Justin

Date: 07 June, 2007
Time: 10:31

Comments

Hi Justin, great pictures! From your cousin David Merrigan from Manchester, England. My dad Michael says hello.

David!!! Wow - great to hear from you!

Date: 31 May, 2007
Time: 07:59

Comments

as a former seafarer on several of these vessels I was almost moved to tears...thanks

I feel very humbled; just very pleased to know you enjoyed the collection. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 27 May, 2007
Time: 12:00

Comments

Hi,

I found your site when searching for information on the wreck of the SS Marquis of Bute in 1910 which is mentioned as a snippet. My great-grandfather was second engineer on the ship and I would like to find out more about the incident.

Claire Fraser

Claire, afraid I can't help you with the Marquis of Bute, but perhaps someone reading the site can?? Rgds, Justin.

Date: 18 May, 2007
Time: 19:27

Comments

Great website celebrating the history of a once triumphant service between the UK and Ireland

Date: 02 May, 2007
Time: 19:49

Comments

Excellent. My cousin =John Marsh, Our grandfather served on the Holyhead boats but died on one which was serving as a hospital ship in the Red Sea in 1916. Another distant relation was Capt Albert Marsh, known to our parents as Ucle Albert, but not to us. Rodney Williams, Highfield. Dyserth. 2/5/07

Hi Rodney, good to know you enjoyed the site - I wonder if that is your uncle pictured on the Masters & Officers of the Past page?. Rgds, Justin

Date: 17 April, 2007
Time: 08:43

Comments

I was so delighted that we came across this web site, and a fascination look back to the past, I spent over 10 years working on the video machines on Sealink ships up to 1985

JC

Happy Dayzz JC! Rgds, Justin

Date: 09 April, 2007
Time: 21:48

Comments

Dear Captian Bailey -

Alan Barnes here! Remember me? Mv. Stena Holiday Camp, from the early 90's... I keep in touch with Chris Cowell from time to time.. I found an old reference from you the other day... my God, was I really that bad?

Anyway, would like to catch up.. drop me a line..

[email protected]

Best as ever,

even if we do, from time to time, 'run out of water'

Alan Barnes Seaman grade A1+ retired.

Date: 07 April, 2007
Time: 23:09

Comments

I miss some information about some boats on the hook of holland harwich service . I would like some information about the arnhem, the amsterdam, st Edmund and st George. I traveled with all these boats. My favourite ship was the Avalon. Those old days will never return. Only photos can bring back the memories. Erik from Holland

Hi Erik, this site specifically deals with the Holyhead ships, so Harwich - Hoek  is outside our scope.  Hope you still enjoyed our offerings though! Rgds, Justin

Date: 16 March, 2007
Time: 07:33

Comments

Congrats on a brilliant website guys. Brings back many happy memories for me as our family spent most of my childhood summers in Holyhead between '68 and '74. My grandfather ( Joe Shephard ) was one of the senior managers at the port so the port and the ships figured large in our time there. When I have a bit more time I will share some memories and anecdotes with you. There is also a bunch of 35mm colour phots which my father took at the time. My brother has copyright but I am sure he will give permission to put them on your website if you are interested. They cover the harbour area, the breakwater quarry and about ten or so are of the ships. Keep up the good work.

Mike McBrine

Hi Mike, thank you very much for your encouragement! Looking forward to hearing more from you - you may email through the link on the What's new page. Cheers, Justin

Date: 10 March, 2007
Time: 14:13

Comments

very interesting site do you list all the relief vessels that served on the holyhead run as im trying to collect postcards of all vessels on the holyhead ireland route and this site is a very good reference by the way i remember you (justin) visiting tony lavis jones ect on the cambria i was an ab there in them days also glad to see you got permission to use that photo of us on the adveturer coming around the breakwater it was me who sent it to tony jones ive also sent him a few scans of postcards he might send them on regards alan

Hi Alan, great to hear from you! Actually, all the vessels are listed on the Ships Index Page, so if you base your list on that one.  If you contact me by email I'll see if I have any spares of those vessels you have yet to collect.  Great shot of the Adventurer - your shot via Tony arrived shortly after the high res original from the photographer. Very impressive! Good to see the Adventurer back in service!  Rgds, Justin

Date: 03 March, 2007
Time: 20:45

Comments

Hi Gents,

I can not understand why you do not talk so much about the Princess Maud....

It is the most famous of your ships to the Irish Community in the UK.

The Princess Maud is indeed covered on her dedicated page in the Ships section. As the ship left the port some four years before I was born I cannot obviously talk too much about her - this is where contributions from folk such as yourself are warmly welcomed! Rgds, Justin.

Date: 25 February, 2007
Time: 20:18

Comments

Thank you for a wonderful website on the Sealink vessel St Columba and history of Holyhead. Have heard that the St Columba has been sold to Kanoo group of Dubai and been re-named Masarrah. Hopefully she will sail for many more years to come. Thanks Dean Powell

Thank you Dean! Keep an eye on the latest movements of the Massarah in the Galley Telegraphy section of the Holyhead Shipmates forum. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 20 February, 2007
Time: 00:00

Comments

Please can anyone confirm dates relating to when my late uncle, Neville Stirzaker from Fleetwood, was an officer of the Duke of Lancaster.

Hi. I do know Capt Stirzaker was in command of the Brian Boroime in 1970. If you visit the container ship page you will see a photo of him there. Rgds, Justin. 

Date: 17 February, 2007
Time: 20:34

Comments

I WORKED ON THE ST COLUMBA FROM 1978 TILL 1989 ON B WATCH. IVE WORKED EVERY JOB THERE WAS TO HAVE. I ENJOYED MY 11 YEARS THERE, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD CRACK GETTING THERE, AND GOING HOME ON THE TRAIN. I TRIED TO REGISTER ON LINE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE BUT HAD NO LUCK. MY NAME IS PAUL SPENCER A.K.A THE MANTIS. MY EMAIL IS [email protected] 

Date: 15 February, 2007
Time: 20:37

Comments

It brought back memories of travelling Sealink in the 1970's and 80's. Sailing tickets and rushing to get a seat on the train at Holyhead.

Date: 16 January, 2007
Time: 19:15

Comments

Hello, just visiting your site looking for information. This is a genuine request in a missing persons case. I am trying to get in touch with someone who worked on the connacht in may 1979.I read where this service from swansea to cork ended on the 20th may 1979. This person may have been a passenger on this ship on the last day. Please if anyone can help wil you get in touch with me. kind regards, mary.e-mail [email protected] .

Date: 07 January, 2007
Time: 17:36

Comments

My Grandfather David Pritchard and Great Grandfather John Pritchard were both Master Sea Pilots. John was born in Holyhead and later moved to Liverpool where he married and raised his family. With both father and son being sea pilots I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how to find out which company they worked for. John was born in 1818 and David in 1858. Please contact me at [email protected]  if you cab be of any help. With Thanks to a fabulous website.

Many thanks!  If anyone can assist please make direct contact at the email address provided. Rgds, Justin

Date: 07 January, 2007
Time: 16:05

Comments

Hi all! Please tell me if the Big C is still in service and what route it's takes and the nearest airport to that Port as I want to take some up to date pictures for the site. Let me know if anyone else has any other requests. Many thanks Robbie Nottingham

Hi Robbie, you'll find the latest photos of the ship in the Greek section in the St Columba Gallery. Also the latest news on the ship is Galley Telegraph section on the Fourm. Rgds, Justin

Date: 06 January, 2007
Time: 20:05

Comments

Hello,

I am searching for information on the MANX VIKING Ro Ro Ferry. If you have any info on her or her past crews, please let me know. I am researching for a paper about her, her captian, crew sailing, and refit history...

Hi, Unfortunately you left no way of contacting you so I can't respond directly.  Please feel free to sign up to our Forum and I shall address any questions you may have on there. You can also contact me via the email link on the What's New page. Rgds, Justin

Date: 01 January, 2007
Time: 12:21

Comments

Greetings and best wishes. My name is John Brennan and I live in Cobh just up the road from the old Verolme Yards. I am researching the history of the yard and I would live to talk to someone there on the contents of your web site and perhaps permission to use references to the web and some material. Give us a mail or call please. Happy new year and fair sailing John

John, Unfortunately you left no way of contacting you so I can't respond directly.  Please feel free to sign up to our Forum and I shall address any questions you may have on there. You can also contact me via the email link on the What's New page. Rgds, Justin

Date: 29 December, 2006
Time: 16:41

Comments

I think your web site is great. I am only 14 and am particularly interested in the ships of the Dun Laoghaire - Holyhead route during the early 1990's until 96 especially the Stena Hibernia shame you don't have any on board pictures of her. I am wondering where you would be able to find any Sealink brochures or leaflets from the Stena Sealink Line period i have tried asking Stena Line but they have nothing. I collect things like that i have a booklet that was given out i think during the press conferences in 1993 when Stena were first promoting the HSS and two Stena line mini facts booklets from 1994 & 1996. Also it would be great if you had any deck plans of the Stena Hibernia that you could put up on the site. I think its a shame that all Dun Laoghaire is left with is the HSS im not sure if Stena Line would keep the route going for much longer which is an awful shame. How many passengers would Stena carry on the route every year and do you happen to know where the Lorry Drivers Restaurant on the Stena Hibernia was located?

From Simon, Ireland

I have your book "Car Ferries of the Irish Sea" i think its great keep up the good work

Hi Simon, thanks for your encouraging comments!  I do have some material on the Stena Hibernia which I will add at some stage this coming year.  I have a house move looming in February, so I think it unlikely it will happen before then, but watch this space. A GA plan of the Stena Hibernia will be included in that. In relation to the driver's restaurant, this was eventually located along the starboard side of the Hibernia Restaurant.  Today, I think Stena carries in the region of 890,000 passengers a year into D/L. During the duty free heyday it would have been around 1.3 million. Rgds, Justin

Date: 14 December, 2006
Time: 13:17

Comments

Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire : Runaway .It was 1985 when I first ran away from A children���s home in Stafford shire from abuse. One day I found my way to hollyhead I was only 8 years old at the time and did not know what a ship was , I got the train from Birmingham and stayed on until the end (hollyhead) I did not know it was a port just the exit of the train station , to cut a long story short , I was on the ferry going to Dun Laoghaire I arrived there at around 6am and then everyone vanished so I wanted and got back on the ferry to England . It began a love afer with ferrys and every time I ran away from the abuce I ended up in hollyhead , now one ever beleved me when I handed myself in , so one time I ran away and handed my self in when I got to Dun Laoghaire . May I say thank you for all the kindness I was given on bourd and thank you all for saving my life (sounds odd I know) but you did . Thank you and sorry from a boy age 8 in 1984-87 .

PS the travil bug never left me I now live in Cape Town and am a radio producer .

God Bless Steve Guest

[email protected]

Date: 24 November, 2006
Time: 15:34

Comments

my father worked on the hengist from 1972 on wards.he worked on the ferries from1948/1982.many atime he used to tell me stories of his time on the ferries.he was a q.m whenhe last served.sadly he passed away in 2005.your web page brought back memories. my dad's name is ron weatherhead. he sailed from Folkestone, Kent.

Pleased to hear the site brought back happy memories - a new page on the Hengist was added on 2 December. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 17 November, 2006
Time: 14:15

Comments

Really wonderful site and brought back lots of memories, as I regularly traveled as a child in the sixties, 2 or 3 times a year. visiting family in Ireland.

My father used to tell me a story about him and his sister aged 14 & 15 being evacuated to Ireland the day world war 2 was declared. they traveled on the mailboat and halfway across to D��n Laoghaire they were transferred from one ship to another , mid sea by means of gangways straddled across the 2 ships. Why, he never knew. At first when he told me this, i didn't believe him, but his sister verified it to me a few year later. I would love to find out more about this, as I presume it did happen. to date I have had no luck, but maybe someone visiting this site my know something about the event. Again really great site.. thanks a lt. Nicky McGrath

How about it folks?  Perhaps someone in the Holyhead Maritime Museum would know?  Rgds, Justin.

Date: 15 November, 2006
Time: 22:07

Comments

Justin many thanks, as my husband had 2 brothers and 2 sisters this would have been quite a lot of money given the economic situation in Ireland at that time. Thanks again.

Date: 09 November, 2006
Time: 19:12

Comments

Justin, many thanks. We can stop that part of our research. My husband went to England in 1959 (aged 4) and he thought that he went on the Cambria but is now not so sure. Do you know if in those days you bought a combined ticket from Dun Laoghaire - London Euston? As he had 2 brothers and 2 sisters at that time, the total fare must have been quite expensive. Thanks Carol.

Hi Carol, yes indeed in all probability it would have been a ship and rail through ticket. A port to port fare on the Holyhead service in winter 1960 was 39s/- one way first class, or 19s/6d second class. Double those prices for a return. A ticket one way from Dun Laoghaire to Euston would have been 70s/2d second class all the way. Hope this helps. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 07 November, 2006
Time: 11:20

Comments

We are trying to find any passenger records from the MV Cambria mail boat from Dun Laoghire to Holyhead around 1959-1964.

Our home email is [email protected] 

As far as I can ascertain, passengers lists were not maintained back then, so I think your search has hit the buffers.  In fact passengers lists on UK ferries is a recent development.  Rgds, Justin.

Date: 05 November, 2006
Time: 00:27

Comments

Brilliant read excellent! just bought the book "Car ferries of the Irish sea" keep it up please.

Thank you very much indeed!!!  Rgds, Justin.

Date: 29 October, 2006
Time: 18:04

Comments

Hi Justin, et al, me again! Reading some of the comments for 2006 I notice that there are a few references to the Princess Maud and her lack of stabilisers. I remember my grandmother, who only had to smell the sea to start being sick, always preferred to travel on the Maud rather than the mailboats for some reason, and among many of the Irish in my neck of the woods (Birmingham) the Maud is renouned for "having had a flat bottom", to explain her tendency to roll. I've never really understood this and no-one has ever told me where this belief comes from. Is this a common thinking and, if so, do you know where it originates? Keep up the excellent work! Regards, Gerry

Hi Gerry, I don't know about the 'flat bottom', but her tendency to roll would when compared with the Hibernia and Cambria would certainly be due to the lack of stabilisers.  Indeed, the two 1949-built ships did not receive fins until 1951 and until that time they too had a rather poor reputation for rolling on a wild Irish Sea night!  Rgds, Justin.

Date: 28 October, 2006
Time: 22:22

Comments

Love the siren! I presume it's St Columba? Frightened the life out of me the first time I heard it 'though! Gerry

Thanks Gerry - he he, glad it had the desired effect!  Not the St Columba, but I believe it to be the fog horn on the Baily Light. Rgds, Justin

Date: 28 October, 2006
Time: 19:57

Comments

An extremely interesting website -many fond memories ~ Mr Leslie BRAMHILL son of the late Captain William F BRAMHILL Senior master of the AVALON when she was in Harwich Hook of Holland service.

Hello Leslie, delighted to know you found the web site interesting. Your Dad's name is familiar to me from back issues of Sealink News.  Shortly I'll have some pre-conversion photos of the Avalon at the Hoek in 1969.  Rgds, Justin

Date: 22 October, 2006
Time: 16:18

Comments

Hello all, I am trying to establish a Sealink restoration society to purchase and restore an old vessel - Earl Godwin which I am told operates in Italy with Moby lines renamed as Moby Baby. When this is sold on / scrapped I would very much like to put a bid together to acquire the vessel. Would anyone like to become involved in any way? [email protected] 

Date: 22 October, 2006
Time: 16:22

Comments

Thanks for tour info Justin. Carl

Date: 20 October, 2006
Time: 22:30

Comments

Hi Justin

I wondered if the model ship ever arrived with you?

Regards

Mike Francis (ex Hoverspeed) www.brenzett.net 

Hi Mike, have sent you an email. Rgds, Justin.

Date: 15 October, 2006
Time: 22:34

Comments

Excellent website. Read about the Antrim Princess just as I was putting a 1988 A4 brochure featuring Tynwald into my ebay auctions as Antrim Princess as Tynwald.

Date: 14 October, 2006
Time: 13:24

Comments

looked at the up dated pictures ,excellent work ,hope u will keep it up regards .stenaline employee.

Many thanks, Rgds, Justin.

Date: 11 October, 2006
Time: 22:57

Comments

Hi all this is my second comment I have to say it is an excellent site with so many great pictures. I was out in dun laoghaire last week for a walk as the HSS came in. this is a great ship but it just cant beat the Hibernia & Cambria, it is a shame when you see the derelict harbour where she berthed, pity they got rid of them. Is there any plans on Stena ferries coming back to dun laoghaire?

Keep up the great work it is a credit to you!!

Clinton

I don't think you'll see conventional ferries in Dun Laoghaire again Clinton - they've outgrown the port.  Rgds, Justin.

Date: 09 October, 2006
Time: 12:33

Comments

Hi

I have been looking at your web site I must say it is very good and I have enjoyed very much looking at it.

Thanks.

Many thanks for your kind comments; pleased to know you enjoy it! Rgds, Justin

Date: 30 September, 2006
Time: 20:50

Comments

Just found this site while looking for info on the Rhodri and Brian. Nice to see they remained together for so long. Great site Justin. Tony Mitchell ex R/O.

Tony!  Great to hear from you! You can drop me an email by clicking the link on the map page - would love to hear what you're up to these days.  You might also like to take a look at The Telegraph page!  Cheers,  Justin.

Date: 23 September, 2006
Time: 10:52

Comments

Hi Guys, Great web site, Do you have any updated info on Earl Godwin / Moby Baby? Is she still in-service in Italy? Thanks, Best Wishes, Carl Rose [email protected] 

Hi Carl, the Moby Baby is still alive and well running to Elba.  Take a look at https://www.mobylines.it/mds/web/show.xpd?page=navi Rgds, Justin.