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on 14/04/2010 at 12:22
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Andy,
I found another picture on the site : Coasters remembered.
Here is the picture.
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Best regards,
Jan
on 19/03/2010 at 15:49
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A great ship. Sailed on her a couple of times when she was new. Lovely trip from Penzance to St Ives and back.
A shame to see the state that she is in now.
on 10/03/2010 at 23:13
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I remember the Queen of the Isles well - I was a boy in Penzance when she was brought into service on the Scillies run. At busy times she ran in conjunction with the Scillonian but the crossing was a notoriously rough one and she had a bit of a reputation as a sick maker!
on 10/03/2010 at 23:10
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My first trip to Scilly when I was around ten was on the Queen of the Isles, and I was sick...very sick on the way over. (Trip back was fine)
Turns out I was not alone, and she got a bad reputation as a spew bucket!
I lived in Hayle then, and remember her on South Quay later.
Nice to see all this history though...well done!
GC.
on 23/02/2010 at 16:52
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Sad to see her on the beach in the Solomons, it brings back memories of the day she was launched. I was stood between the railway lines and the quay edge on Hotwells Road on the opposite side of the dock to the Albion Yard when she came down the slip.
on 12/02/2010 at 09:41
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Sorry itwas Max McGuire
on 11/02/2010 at 23:38
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Greetings from bloody cold Switzerland
Was a part time Chef on the Queen of the Isle in 92
Had a great time on Board
Thanks and lots of Greetings
ps. Any body knows where Mark Hopkroft (Hopi) and Derek McQuire are?
on 27/09/2009 at 02:44
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what a blast from the past.good to see a site that shows the old girl off;if only we had the time again,some of the best seaman cut their teeth serving on board.loved the antics from the bosons locker.keg were are you?
on 29/08/2009 at 01:05
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Thanks for a well researched site. I sailed on the Queen from Cairns to TI return in about October 1992 and it beat any of the upmarket cruises available then or today. I have many photos of that trip if you are interested. Sad to see how she ended up. Does anyone have any information on the fate of the MV Noel Buxton? Prior to the Queen, she sailed the same route and I also did a voyage with her in about 1989. She was a little "downmarket" compared to the Queen. The vibration from her prop shaft would foam a good head on a flat beer.
Cheers
on 27/08/2009 at 00:51
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I worked on the conversion of the ship from Olovaha to Gulf Explorer in the early 1980's. Spent many weeks/months converting the hold into cabins and sprucing up the great cabin and upper cabins and so on. Last time I saw her was in Tauranga Harbour before she was moved to escape the potential bridge entrapment. Often wondered what became of her after NZ waters. Now I know!
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