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Mori wrote:Evening Times
Sale time for Queen Mary
A CLYDE-BUILT steamer, which carried thousands of Glaswegians "doon the watter", has been put up for sale.
The Queen Mary, which was built by William Denny of Dumbarton, was launched in March 1933.
She sailed the Clyde for 44 years and was finally retired in September 1977.
A few years later the steamer was given a new lease of life when she was bought by Bass Leisure Retail and taken to London, where she became a floating pub and restaurant.
However, the old lady now has to leave her current mooring at Victoria Embankment opposite the world-famous Savoy Hotel.
She's been put up for sale at almost £155,000.
The boat is being marketed by Richard Lane, of Capital Boats, who said the response had been "overwhelming".
Dugald wrote:Interesting information about the Queen Mary II Rab. She was a great wee boat, and as fine a looking steamer as ever sailed the Clyde. I enjoyed sailing on her many times to many different Clyde piers. I wonder if your reluctance to betting that she'll berth at the new museum is your way of expressing a wish to see her there. I think she would be a worthy addition to this new museum of transportation. I'd like to mention that, to the best of my knowledge, she was never a Clyde ferry.
Lucky Poet wrote:Remains of a ferry landing? (Judging by duck's handy map, the Finnieston Ferry, though I'm happy to be corrected.)
A study for SPT found it would cost £15m to replace the ferries with a pedestrian bridge which would have had operating costs of £130,000 a year.
That was ruled out on cost grounds and instead officials looked at replacing the two vessels at a cost of up to £1m with an annual subsidy of £400,000.
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