When the drydock is too short

To take a ship into the drydock is regular work in a shipyard but when in 1996 the famous ferry MANXMAN was to be drydocked it appeared that the vessel was too long and needed more than a metre of public road inHull. The problem was solved by slightly shortening her bow section so that the bow would fit over the wall around the yard.            

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We heard recently that unfortunately the historic MANXMAN was sold for scrap, after a long time trying to keep her as a museum.          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos:Capt. Frank Haalmeijer(c)