C8433 : MV Balmoral at Coleraine
taken 21 years ago, near to Coleraine, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
A collection of photographs of ships which have visited the River Bann and Coleraine.
The present bridge, carrying the Belfast – Londonderry railway across the River Bann, opened in 1924 replacing an earlier bridge slightly further upstream. It is 800 ft long and has eleven spans. It cost £100,000. The span to the west of the operating house is known as a bascule span and lifts to allow ships to pass below. It has a signalling arrangement which prevents a train being the block section when the bridge is not lowered.
The Balmoral was built in 1949 and initially operated as a ferry carrying up to 10 cars on the Southampton to Cowes crossing.
In the late 1960s she became part of P&A Campbell's White Funnel Fleet based in the Bristol Channel.
Since 1986, owned by the Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, she continues to operate excursions in the Bristol Channel and other UK coastal areas.
The Balmoral is on the Register of British Historic Ships.
- Grid Square
- C8433, 40 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- The Carlisle Kid (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 7 June, 2003 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 16 April, 2011
- Category
- ship (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish: C 847 333 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:8.3790N 6:40.3079W - Camera Location
- Irish: C 846 331
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)