[BITList] Fwd: [IrishSeaShips] NEWS: SS Shieldhall Could Be Scrapped!

[Michael Feltham]

It's terrible that there is no mention of where the ship was originally based !  Mind you that is par for the course for Southampton, they want to stop Liverpool having a proper Cruise Terminal with Immigration and Custome facilities.
They like people from the North to journey down South to join a cruise ship !

Mike
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Date: 3 January 2011 11:40:03 GMT
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Subject: [IrishSeaShips] NEWS: SS Shieldhall Could Be Scrapped!
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Daily Echo
7:30am Sunday 2nd January 2011

TIME is running out in the campaign to save a historic steamship, writes
Emma Streatfield.

It is feared that Hampshire-based SS Shieldhall – described as an
important part of Britain’s maritime heritage – could be scrapped if
vital funds cannot be found.

As reported by the Daily Echo in November, an emergency appeal has been
launched to save the vessel.

The largest remaining sea-going steamship, based at the Port of
Southampton, needs its MoT next spring at a cost of £80,000, without
which it will be refused a licence to sail and will be broken up.

The deadline inspection date is May.

Built in 1955, SS Shieldhall gives cruises in the Solent and along the
south coast of England and is operated by a fully qualified crew
together with a shore-based support staff, all of whom are unpaid
volunteers.

It is a working example of ship machinery above and below deck that is
representative of cargo and passenger ships at sea from the 1870s until
the 1960s.

Since 2009, it has been the flagship of the National Historic Ships, a
collection of vessels which also includes HMS Victory, Cutty Sark, the
former Royal Yacht Britannia, and the paddle steamer Waverley.

The repairs include fuel to take the vessel to a Falmouth shipyard, the
docking itself and the maintenance work.

Despite applying for more than 30 grants, so far this has proved
unsuccessful.

The charity which runs the ship, The Solent Steam Packet Ltd, is behind
the on-going appeal.

Managing director Graham Mackenzie said it relied solely on revenue from
fares and donations to survive.

He said: “Without emergency funding, the historic SS Shieldhall will
lose her passenger certificate and therefore her main source of income.

“There may be little choice but to send her to the breaker’s yard.

“This is devastating news for a sea-faring nation and a tragic legacy to
leave our children.”

• For more information visit ss-shieldhall.co.uk.

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