I am looking forward to the 26th. and the return of the PS. Waverley, I had a trip on her in the late 60s on the Clyde, marked by the appearance of the famous St. Mungo fire boat, who carried out a fire drill, we felt like a liner entering New York, the deck mounted hoses, spraying hundreds of feet into the air, that is until, it started spraying my friends and I,and we had to take shelter inside. We had been set up by the two skippers.who new each other, I on the other hand only knew one of them, the one from the fire boat,......... my father..... you will be surprised to learn, came from Rhos on Sea.
The new Waverley,was built in 1946/7 to replace the original sunk at Dunkirk. (good year 47)
It was sold in 1973 to the Paddle Steamer Pres. Soc. for £1.
693 tonne, Length 239 ft. beam 57 ft. and can carry 900 passengers (figs. approx.)