Originally Posted by
Diane
Good post. Yeah bring her back up to Liverpool. This once fine ship is rotting away in Sunderland. I used to sail on her to the Isle of Man along with the Manx Maid, Monas Queen, they were the queens of the sea in their day. As to where to put her, surely there must be somewhere. I shall certainly be making a donation. Get her back up to where she belongs.
Its annoying when companies plough money into building new horrid office blocks or silly apartments yet not into restoring this fine ship.
Let's hope she makes it. Fingers crossed.
Manxman needs a city centre location, but none are available because of the short-sightedness and greed of the docks owners - unless it can scrape through the Canning Half-Tide locks into the Salthouse or Canning Docks (tight squeeze). As Central Docks are being regenerated, "maybe" Manxman can be berthed there as they are still deep water. The area will be modern blocks, etc and ideal for such a ship. The regenerated area will attract people to the ship and vise versa.
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The question is wider than just the Manxman, it is the historic naval ships and subs, which are now being lost to other ports, the tall ships, visiting naval ships when festivals are one, etc.
If the Mersey Barrage is built (I hope it is), then the Mersey will be locked in and there will be no low tide. Ships can then berth on the river walls, locks permanently opened, so no large maintenance expenses, etc.
River islands a can then be built with buildings on them too, as there will be no affect on currents which keep channels clear and deep.
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