Great Float Birkenhead Docks Area

**Waterways** · 08-08-2009

Originally Posted by pablo42

Sorry WW, I never meant that. I was meaning has any other dock been filled in and then emptied of the rubble and refilled with water.

No. Land by stealth is the aim of Peel and others.

**gregs dad** · 10-09-2009

Took these on a walk around East Float area yesterday

**pablo42** · 10-10-2009

Excellent Joe, There's a great view of Liverpool from there. An amazing view.

**gregs dad** · 10-10-2009

Landing craft tank LCT7074 lies rusting away in the East Float.The Last surviving craft that took part in the D Day landings,she carried 10 tanks to the Normandy beaches 9 got ashore without being hit.
At the end of the war she was presented to the Master Mariners of Liverpool
as a gift by the Admiralty. She became the Clubship Landfall based in Canning Dock before eventually moving to the Bramley Moore Dock.
She then moved to the East Float as part of The Historic Warships collection
which sadly went into liquidation,

**Waterways** · 10-10-2009

The Landfall night-club ship (converted landing craft LCT 7074) can be seen in Canning Dock. The yellow items on the quays are tower cranes in pieces come over from Ireland.

**gregs dad** · 10-11-2009

Egerton lift bridge at Birkenhead

Lock gates on the East Float

Same gates from the other side showing the old tower which is supposed to be getting developed

**Waterways** · 10-11-2009

This is the type in WW2. Note the AA guns and coverings around the wheelhouse that make the funnel look shorter, which also looks like it was chopped off a little:

Photo courtesy of Daniel Lovell

Originally Posted by gregs dad

Landing craft tank LCT7074 lies rusting away in the East Float.The Last surviving craft that took part in the D Day landings,she carried 10 tanks to the Normandy beaches 9 got ashore without being hit.
At the end of the war she was presented to the Master Mariners of Liverpool
as a gift by the Admiralty. She became the Clubship Landfall based in Canning Dock before eventually moving to the Bramley Moore Dock.
She then moved to the East Float as part of The Historic Warships collection
which sadly went into liquidation,

**gregs dad** · 10-11-2009

My brother tells me Eric Carr ,the Liverpool wood sculpturer was a friend of the owner of Club Landfall and lived aboard as watchman while it was in the Canning.
In 1971 they were told it would have to move out of the Canning as there were plans for the bridge to be sealed. After moving to the Salthouse the plans for the bridge were cancelled. The Master Mariners the original owners sold it to the new owners for ?15,000 which was a lot of money in those days

**Waterways** · 10-11-2009

Originally Posted by gregs dad

My brother tells me Eric Carr ,the Liverpool wood sculpturer was a friend of the owner of Club Landfall and lived aboard as watchman while it was in the Canning.
In 1971 they were told it would have to move out of the Canning as there were plans for the bridge to be sealed. After moving to the Salthouse the plans for the bridge were cancelled. The Master Mariners the original owners sold it to the new owners for ?15,000 which was a lot of money in those days

It remained in Canning Dock. I went aboard a few times. You could see the taper to the bows inside - the disco. I never knew at the time it contained 5 tanks and put 10 down. 9 got to the beaches Troops were also put down. In the after noon they just walked ashore.

I'm not sure what time of day it put the tanks down on the beach (Gold Beach on D-Day). In the afternoon there would have been not much opposition as the beach was secured by then. If on one of the earlier a.m. waves, it would have used its twin guns on the rear bridge, when coming ashore firing at German beach positions.

Towards the end of the war work started to convert her to a maintenance ship in the invasion of Japan. Then Japan surrendered. She was built on the Tyne using American engines.

I would be great if she was put back to dull D-Day spec including guns.