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by Garyrhoades - 11th Feb 2026 7:28pm
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wikipedia says the King Orry (3) in the above photo was one of the company's losses during the Dunkirk evacuation in WW2.
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I bet no one remembers this beaching, must be one of the first. It's the Great Eastern Of The Mersey in 1889
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Ahem. Great Eastern...
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On a recent holiday to Salcombe, Devon, we had a trip in an old lifeboat. The crew heard our accents and said they had one of our ferrys in Salcombe Harbour. They took us up to see it and it was the Egremont .....all in one piece and being used for youth training activities,
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this is the ex wallasey corpy ferry egremont in salcombe,devon
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It looks as if she's well maintained, unlike the poor Royal Iris. Would look even better if they re-painted the funnel with a black topping (as was)and did away with the obvious add-on shelter on the afterdeck. That looks a bit tatty. However.....
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if you think that she's the same age as the royal iris she is doing well me thinks..
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amazing thread and pictures guys! thanks for all you effort.
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Looks good externally, but all machinery has been removed.
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Interesting thread. I have a couple of recent shots I took of the Royal Iris and Royal Daffodil in the same place but at different times.
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there is an piece and photo about that I. O. M. ferry on the beach at N. B. in one of the wirral books by Ian Bo-? It was after a storm I think.
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I Thanks jimbob. I posted those pictures in the wrong thread and it won't let me delete them now.
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I stayed on board the Egremont about ten years ago in Salcombe - it was pretty basic but better than having it destroyed.
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Thats just how we saw the Egremont, brilliant photo....thanks for that
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by GaryFromWirral - 28th Dec 2023 8:49pm
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