PICTURE GALLERY 3
IRISH SEA FERRIES IN THE 1980'S
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B & I Line "Leinster" on her Maiden Voyage July 1981,
Passing sister Vessel "Connacht" in Mid River.
Belfast Car Ferries Vessel St.Colum I on her daily sailing to Belfast, St.Colum I seen turning in Gladstone Dock prior to Sailing.
Sealink British Ferries "Earl William" In Langton Lock.
The famous Liverpool landmark "Clarence Dock Power Station" behind the award winning B & I Terminal building at Waterloo Dock. The Passenger ferry "Munster" berthed alongside the lift on lift off container berth, the Ship to Shore container crane was moved to Seaforth's S6 berth in the late 1980's.
Three views of B & I Line's "Connacht" at Waterloo Dock Passenger and freight Terminal. These pictures from the early 1980's give an illustration of the Passenger services to Dublin from Liverpool.
Centre picture includes the famous three chimneys of Clarence Dock Power station
The photograph on the right was the last sailing from this Terminal before
moving to Brocklebank Branch Dock, also visible through to Princes Dock and the Royal Liver Buildings.
After the closure of the Waterloo Dock Passenger Terminal B & I Line transferred operations to Brocklebank Branch Dock, "Leinster" pictured loading in the late evening prior to the 2215 nightly sailing, right, A second view of B & I Line's "Leinster" at Brocklebank Branch Dock viewed from the the river side.
On a rare visit to Liverpool in 1986 B & I line's " Innisfallen" at the North Brocklebank Terminal