Garston Ship Breakers 6-10

[Kevsy21]

The Garston Ship Breakers closed around about 1997,the remains of 3 ships remain there,most notably the
"MV Sound of Seil", which was a Glasgow Clyde ferry, and was brought to Garston, to be converted into a crane barge, and was later partly scrapped by S Evans & Sons.
Built in 1959 by the Ailsa yard at Troon for British rail’s Southern Region for the Isle of Wight service, then known as the "MV Freshwater", she then finished her days back on the Clyde from the early 1980s, used by Western Ferries as the "MV Sound of Seil".
Status: Scrapped - 18/08/1997
Passenger Car Ferry
Tonnage: 363grt, 163nrt
Length: 145.0/164.0ft
Breadth: 42.5ft
http://www.clydesite.co.uk/
Footage from the 1980's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmjhzsuqsZk

Visited with Georgie.















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An old engine.

[boxfrenzy]

That's quite cool actually. I like this

[georgie]

good pics kev it wasnt a bad little mooch this m8 ill add some of my pics soon

[boxerheaven]

very nice (different)

[KingElvis]

Good stuff, I would indeed be here for a look :-)

[ceejam]

Nice stuff fella.

[georgie]

good stuff wasnt a bad litle mooch that m8 heres a few of mine

[TCCI]

Kev Do you remember this one back of Liverpool airport.

[Kevsy21]

Don't remember that?good pics them.

[georgie]

Don't remember that?good pics them.

that was andy in his boat