Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, coming at the end of a long period of design development, which halted as sailing ships gave way to steam propulsion. WOW - this…
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After leaving the Old Royal Naval College, I crossed the road to visit the National Maritime Museum. It is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and possibly the world. This is again free to enter. And is filled with maritime material including art, manuscripts, ship models and plans dating back to the 15th century. It is such an…
NORTHERN ISLAND, BELFAST, CITY IMAGES IN THE RAIN
Belfast in the rain in the summer time. This are a few images from our walk around the city from the Titanic Quarter to the Cathedral Quarter. And we were unlucky with the weather. We walked from the Victoria Square shopping centre towards City Hall and The Opera House before the rain came. Before making our way to the Merchant…
We had lunch and dinner a few times over at the Victoria Square Shopping centre, as this was only 15 mins walk from the Titanic Quarter. The first time we were there we found a Alice In Wonderland theme to celebrate 150 years since the books were released. Over the three days, I found these other Alice items and just though…
NORTHERN ISLAND, BELFAST CASTLE AND THE CATS
We also wanted to visit Belfast Castle. The Castle is set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a prominent position 400 feet above sea level. Belfast Castle and the cats ... according to legend, Belfast Castle is safe as long as there is a (preferably white) cat residing there. This myth led to the creation of…
SS NOMADIC, BELFAST, NORTHERN ISLAND
The SS Nomadic was originally built as tender for to RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic in 1910 and is the only surviving White Star Line steamship today. The SS Normadic was last used as a floating restaurant on the River Seine in Paris. The ship's owner went bankrupt and Nomadic faced the scrapyard. And a campaign was started in Belfast…