1979
SJ3390 : "Manx Maid" at Liverpool in June 1979
taken 45 years ago, near to Seacombe, Wirral, England
"Manx Maid" at Liverpool in June 1979
The "Manx Maid" was operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. It was built for them in 1962 by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. It was the first vessel to be built for the company which was designed as a car ferry. It was side loading and cost just over one million pounds. The ferries arrived and departed via the River Mersey and docked near Pier Head, with its famous Royal Liver Building.
The primary route was at the time between here and Douglas on the Isle of Man. There had been a previous boat with the same name operated by the company. The one in this photograph was withdrawn in 1984, and scrapped in 1986.
I recently discovered this photograph, which was taken by my father who died many years ago. He was in the habit of throwing away most of his negatives, so this has had to be scanned from the surviving small print.
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