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[djrobbo]

Hi guys and gals...does any body know where i can get drawings or plans of the royal daffodil or the royal sovereign that used to run from Southend pier...the royal daffodil i am looking for is not the Mersey ferry.


     regards ....Bob

[Colin Bishop]

I think Royal Daffodil may have been a Denny built ship in which case the plans are held by the National Maritime Museum.
Colin

[carlmt]

Colin - Do you know if the NMM are the custodians of ALL the Denny drawings?
 
I will be looking for a few Sealink ship drawings soon................
 
Cheers
Carl

[djrobbo]

Cheers for that colin..daffodil and soveriegn were indeed denny ships..i will get in touch with the nmm and see if they have them...regards   bob

[mudway]

Glasgow University Archives used to hold the Denny Collection of papers including plans.

[Colin Bishop]

The NMM did receive the main Denny plans collection and a catalogue was compiled by David Lyon when he worked at the museum back in the 1970s which was published in four volumes as 'The Denny List'. I have three of these but can't look at them at the moment as I am not in the UK. I bought the plans for ms Shanklin from the NMM.
As Mudway says, I think that Glasgow University may also hold drawings as I seem to recall somebody mentioning that they were cheaper!
Colin

[BarryM]

Search here http://archiveshub.ac.uk/search/search.html   on 'Glasgow University Archives Service' and 'Royal Daffodil' and you will find a lot of info. 

I have used GUAS in the past and found the staff very helpful.

Barry M

[djrobbo]

thanks guys i will give it a go and see what i can get...regards....bob.