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
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.
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
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
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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.
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.
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
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
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There is a Merseyside Journey Planner which should help you find what bus or train to catch
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Thanks for your help guys. Took the ferry over on Sunday, then shuttle bus to Wellington Dock. Today we caught the shuttle from Hamlton Square to Seacombe. Both days were great. A HUGE congratulations to the organisers - with the number of people attending, they did a great job.
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Some stunning photos there mate, nice one for posting!!
Just wondering, had a look at the EXIF data on one of the shots, and noticed you are using an S5700; do you have Chrome activated for the colour mode, as the colours on a few (and I stress only a few) seem somewhat slightly over-vibrant and bold.
I used to use it on my S6500 but found that in some shots the algorythm it uses sometimes "over-did" the colour enhancement, so I had to tone the shots down a bit in Photoshop.
Some stunning photos there mate, nice one for posting!!
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