Topic: The Riverdance Does Her Final Dance. (WARNING LARGE IMAGES.) (Read 5110 times)

IRI5HJ4CK · « **on:** July 10, 2008, 18:41:58 »

Hello everyone,

Today I went down to the beach in Blackpool, England. (I'm currently living in England but i'm Irish

) And i took some photo's of the poor Riverdance, which is in the process of being "cut up" as they cannot save her, these pictures were taken at about 4:30 today 10/7/08 (U.K. Time)

Just to warn you, you may find these pictures quite sad

The photo below is a photo of the bow (just thought i'd point that out to you as its hard to recognise what bits what anymore

That bit there is the center of the hull. (you can also see where they have marked the hull as to where they cut next)

That below is the stern, as you can see they have taken away one section of it, leaving some more in the sand and a slight amount above the water line.

If you are stuck as to what bit is what, refer to the first whole picture of the ship.

All Photo's shown were taken by me. If you would like to use them for something please PM me.

Kind Regards,
IRI5HJ4CK

Captain Best · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2008, 18:46:57 »

Hi. this was sad yes. but was the Riverdance ship good know. or was it some specilly with it?

NathanC · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2008, 19:28:54 »

The Riverdance was a Ireland (Dulbin i think) to Liverpool Ro-Ro ferry, and it was beached late last year. It's quite sad to see her like that, shes been sat there for a while now

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2008, 19:46:42 »

More photo's have been added guys.

Captain Darling · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2008, 23:35:35 »

Quote from: NathanC on July 10, 2008, 19:28:54

The Riverdance was a Ireland (Dulbin i think) to Liverpool Ro-Ro ferry, and it was beached late last year. It's quite sad to see her like that, shes been sat there for a while now

Riverdance did the Warrenpoint(Ireland) to Heysham(Lancaster).

A few pictures from the 2nd July - http://merseyshipping.co.uk/photofeatures/shipco/seatruck/riverdance020708/riverdance020708.htm

The Captain · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2008, 00:50:46 »

So let me ask you this, what exactly does she look like not torn apart?

Captain Darling · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2008, 01:11:09 »

Quote from: The Captain on July 11, 2008, 00:50:46

So let me ask you this, what exactly does she look like not torn apart?

Pic:

Link to more pictures and info - http://ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=7635361&lang=en

The Captain · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2008, 01:15:47 »

Thanks for the pic james. Not the prettiest ship but a good use she seemed to have been.

sadsid (â€ 2016) · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2008, 02:26:58 »

the latest photo's of them breaking her up

Jayshum · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2008, 05:19:52 »

She operated from Heyshum to Dublin I think.

Her sistership 'Moondance' recently beached herself close to the exact spot where the Riverdance is! Luckily the tide refloated her, and she's currently in Liverpool being repaired.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:26:22 »

Jeres a picture of when shs had just beached herself (well, in the morning) then gradually she started to list, getting to where she is now, that is what caused the damage. And heres another picture of when she was afloat.

MMMMMM · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:28:18 »

what happned to her did she sink run aground And what kind of ship was she

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:37:01 »

And here is more images of just after she beached herself (then over the course of the week she listed further down resulting in the images you see from me)

Now, as you can see, she has listed further over:

On this picture she has listed slightly more and the containers have broken loose, this is where the crane takes them off.

As you can see here she has listed further over again.

The Riverdance has been stranded for a while now and as you can see rust has started to develop.

More listing.

Cranes then started work on her.

Then she tilted all the way over, meaning that water got into the weelhouse and on decks. This meant equipment and other things would be ruined, rust had taken its toll on the vessel. So, the company decided she would be worth more as scrap metal.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:41:55 »

Quote from: MMMMMM on July 11, 2008, 07:28:18

what happned to her did she sink run aground And what kind of ship was she

What happened was this,

On a stormy night the Riverdance sailed over to England via the Irish sea, at this time winds and waves were rough and the Riverdance was thrown around quite a lot. As she was sailing out at sea her engines stopped and they couldn't be restarted, this resulted in the Riverdance being unable to do anything but just sit and wait. Suddenly huge waves started to crash over the Riverdance sending her towards Blackpool Beach, then, the captain tried to turn her starboard to try and some way save the vessel, but, she hit the beach.

She is what you call a Ro-Ro Ferry that used to transport cargo.

Jack.

MMMMMM · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:44:26 »

:'(aww poor shippy So did any one die or Anythink

Bottman · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:46:29 »

Alang seems to be everywhere...

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:47:25 »

Quote from: MMMMMM on July 11, 2008, 07:44:26

:'(aww poor shippy So did any one die or Anythink

luckily nobody died, they were all air lifted to safety.

MMMMMM · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:49:15 »

poor ship if i could i would take a peice of the hull or the wheel from the bridge or a prop

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:51:41 »

Quote from: MMMMMM on July 11, 2008, 07:49:15

poor ship if i could i would take a peice of the hull or the wheel from the bridge or a prop

haha thing is, her props are huge and plus, the pieces of her hull are going for scrap metal, and you aren't allowed around her either (at the beginning you could walk around her (on the beach) but then they decided to stop people doing that as there was people trying to get on her)

Captain Darling · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2008, 13:55:49 »

Quote from: IRI5HJ4CK on July 11, 2008, 07:41:55

On a stormy night the Riverdance sailed over to England via the Irish sea, at this time winds and waves were rough and the Riverdance was thrown around quite a lot. As she was sailing out at sea her engines stopped and they couldn't be restarted, this resulted in the Riverdance being unable to do anything but just sit and wait. Suddenly huge waves started to crash over the Riverdance sending her towards Blackpool Beach, then, the captain tried to turn her starboard to try and some way save the vessel, but, she hit the beach.

Thats not what i've been told..

Riverdance was doing her usual Warrenpoint(Ireland) to Heysham(Lancaster) route. She was bound for Heysham when she hit a freak wave(About 12meters), which then moved freight on her car decks, which resulted in Riverdance listing in heavy seas. The captain got everybody on the bridge and sent a may day call out. Riverdance wasn't able to maneuver, and the ship was drifting the where she lays now. Then she obviously beached. The 4 Passengers and crew were evacuated by a RAF Helicopter. However, the Captain and a officer stayed onboard to try and unbeach her and save the ship. But that was unsuccessful and they too evacuated the ship.

Thats what I've been told ^^ $:-\$

Some companies didn't let their ships go out that night because of the bad weather, exp. Steam Packet

The Captain · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2008, 16:39:28 »

What exactly did she do to be sunk? Did she crash into something, or was she being mean and they had to do that as her punishment

.

NathanC · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2008, 16:41:46 »

Quote from: The Captain on July 11, 2008, 16:39:28

What exactly did she do to be sunk? Did she crash into something, or was she being mean and they had to do that as her punishment .

No, she was just beached on the beach

The Captain · « **Reply #22 on:** July 11, 2008, 17:18:02 »

Ohh. Why couldent they repair her?

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #23 on:** July 11, 2008, 17:18:44 »

Quote from: The Captain on July 11, 2008, 17:18:02

Ohh. Why couldent they repair her?

Too much damage was done, she was worth more to them as scrap metal.

Captain Best · « **Reply #24 on:** July 11, 2008, 19:34:22 »

This is sad to see ship like this. you see SS Norway. she's done. So This is not fun to see at all

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