I refer once more to the Royal Liver Building. I would like to mention that clocks and watches do not have "
FACES" they have
DIALS, neither do they have "
FINGERS" they have
"HANDS"but, they do have
"WINDING HOLES" in the
"DIAL" so that the
"WINDING KEY"can be inserted
A pretty grim, dank day for Easter Sunday but there was a fair amount of movement on the river which was worth recording along it was not too far away.
First into Birkenhead was the Lady Alexandra she is a medium sized bulker built in 2009.
She was followed by the RMS Lagona built in 2000 with a deadweight of 2,688 tons.
In the river and bound for Garston was the Victoria C which was completed in 2007, also inbound for Garston was the Noest; she was completed in November 1995 and is of 2,310 tons deadweight.
They were followed by the Arklow Raider bound for the Manchester Ship Canal, she was completed in March 2007 and has a deadweight of 4,504 tons.
I also had my first real opportunity the record images of the Mersey ferry Snowdrop in her new so called camouflage scheme. Now referred to as the "Liquorice Allsorts Boat all that is now required is for "Bertie Bassett" to appear on top of the bridge and all will be complete.
I spied another interesting vessel making little headway against the tide this turned out to be a "luxury" yacht type vessel called the Sarinda. Apparently she has been in the Albert Dock for some years and was being moved to Heswall on the Dee side of the Wirral for conversion into a houseboat. I have since been recieved information that she is the former HDML 1392 and that she has a bit of history which can be perused here:
http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/HDML_Boats_1350-1399.htmlImages of a model of her can be seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25721684@N00/9239632070/in/set-72157632269542118After all that excitement I wondered off to the New Brighton pond were is spied this being towed around. Apparently, it had been found on the bottom as seen here.
LB