Gareth Mills Photos of Swansea Docks

 

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Cardiff Queen leaving for Ilfracombe1965


The Balmoral going under the road bridge at Britton Ferry


Innisfallen entering the locks in 1969.


Celtic Pride at the Link-span Bridge in 1987.


Celtic Pride arriving at the Ferry Terminal in 1987.


Ford cars waiting for shipment to Cork in 1969


Passenger vehicles waiting embarkation for Cork 1969


The ex Isle of Wight ferry the Shanklin was converted and renamed the Prince Ivanhoe.



 

 On the left is the Shanklin in her original colours. She was built in 1951 for service between Portsmouth and Ryde on the Isle of Wight. She was purchased by the group who owned the paddle steamer Waverley refurbished and renamed the Prince Ivanhoe. She went aground at Port Eynon in 1981 and was scrapped.  


Prince Ivanhoe arriving at Swansea in 1981.
 



Three pictures above are of the Prince Ivanhoe. She went aground on the rocks at Port Eynon on the 3rd August 1981 and was burnt up for Scrap


The Waverley arriving at Swansea


Balmoral leaving Swansea.
 

The Balmoral ready to sail ( Put on site with permission of Dennis Shadick Riverneathcoasters )
 

Balmoral on her way in to Swansea.


Paddle Steamer thought to be the Glen Gower turning on the South Dock approach jetty in the mid 1930s.
 

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