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 A SPECTACULAR parade of 70 vessels will sail along the River Mersey next month for the start of the Tall Ships Race. The visiting fleet will be berthed in Liverpool's Wellington and Albert docks from July 18 to July 20, before leaving for Maloy, Norway, in a parade of sail at 2pm on July 21. The four-day spectacle, organised by Sail Training International, is expected to attract tens of thousands of people from across the country and beyond to Merseyside. While docked a number of the ships will be open to the public, which means there will be plenty of opportunity to climb aboard and find out more about the realities of life at sea. The fully accessible ship, Lord Nelson, will berthed in Wellington Dock. A host of sea-themed entertainment, including a theatre ship and music from the Royal Marines Band. The ships will then sail south and line up in the River Mersey. HMS Liverpool is expected to lead the parade and the official Parade Salute will be taken from the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal. Best views will be from the Wirral side of the Mersey. On arrival in Maloy, the fleet will take part in a cruise in company to Bergen, also in Norway for the start of race two, which finishes in Den Helder in the Netherlands. The Royal National Lifeboat Institute is the Tall Ships' nominated charity this year and official collectors will be out and about during the three-day event
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Thanks for the heads up.
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cheers jason dude for the heads up my mate as i know my parents love watchin things like this 
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Mersey Travel are suspending the ferry between 10am and 1pm this Saturday (5th July) for some of the vessels to come up the river. Might be worth checking out.
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jason24v6
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can not find anythink on Mersey Travel suspending the ferry on Saturday. maybe someone else can shed some light on this 
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Hopefully this will work - I'm not good at links  http://icwirral.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regional/tm_headline=no-mersey-ferries-during-saturday-8217-s-clipper-homecoming%26method=full%26objectid=21209921%26siteid=80898-name_page.html Perhaps someone could change it for me?? 
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Hopefully this will work - I'm not good at links http://icwirral.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regional/tm_headline=no-mersey-ferries-during-saturday-8217-s-clipper-homecoming%26method=full%26objectid=21209921%26siteid=80898-name_page.html Perhaps someone could change it for me?? :r:works ok for me
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So down I went only to be thoroughly unimpressed. Why??? Cos I'm a dumb broad that don't know a clipper from a tall ship. 
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You should see them today
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How sad that they decimated the Wallasey/Birkenhead dock system - the bigger tall ships that couldn't fit in Liverpool docks used to moor (almost said "park") here, now they have to stay in the mersey.
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I'd forgotten that!!!! I've got to go to Essex this afternoon for a Wedding tomorrow... I don't want to come back and find any pictures of what I'm missing  GOT IT!!!!!!
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Vessels will depart from Albert Dock ready to form up for the parade from 11.30am on Monday 21 July. Liverpool's sail trainees will be at the head of the parade on Stavros S Niarchos, right behind HMS Argyll. Please note that the Ships at Wellington Dock will be closed to the public on Monday 21st July. The final Parade of Sail is on Monday July 21st at 2pm and lasts about one and a quarter hours. The best viewing points for the parade on the Liverpool side are from the Britannia Pub, northwards along Riverside Drive, Riverside Walk/Kings Parade, Kings Dock/Albert Dock; Princes Parade north of Pier Head (although Royal Navy ships including RFA Lyme Bay berthed at the new Cruise Liner Terminal landing stage could obscure views) Wirral side viewing from Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead, New Brighton/Wallasey Promenade. The veteran excursion ship m/v Balmoral, of Waverley Excursions, and the Mersey Ferries will offer Parade viewing cruises.   Watch the Parade of Sail via the internet...clicky...
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Being relatively new to the area I need the help of you guys please?
I'm up near Upton station - what buses should I get down to watch on Monday & where do you reckon the best place will be to view???
Cheers
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Would you not be better getting a train to either New brighton or Hamilton Square ? I know if you go to Hamilton Square there will be a bus taking people from there to seacombe ferry to watch them.. It was in the Wirral Globe this week
Thing about lies is... you will finally get caught out, remember that 
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