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Shipping > andrewstransport  > Ships > Riverdance wreck, Clevelys, 2008
24 photos of Riverdance, a truck ferry operating between Heysham and Ireland. It foundered off Clevelys, just north of Blackpool. Salvage was impossible, so the ship had to be broken up where she lay.
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andrewstransport > Moondance, Heysham, 19 February 2006     I do not have a photo of Riverdance before its loss, but here is one of its sister ship.  Both were built in Germany in the late 1970s, and carried lorries and trailers between Heysham and Warrenpoint.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 1 - 1447.    Looking north, just after high tide.  Riverdance had got into difficulties during a storm on the night of 31 January / 1 February while on passage from Warrenpoint to Heysham.  Some of the cargo of lorries and trailers shifted, and the ship developed a 60 degree list.  All 23 passengers and crew were airlifted to safety.
andrewstransport > Ben-my-Chree and Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1451    As the Riverdance lies stricken, Ben-my-Chree  (just visible on the horizon at left) sails as normal from Heysham to Douglas.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1455
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1510
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1512
andrewstransport > Riverdance cargo and exclusion zone, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008     Since the grounding, salvage crews have removed some of the trailers being carried by Riverdance, as well as the ship's fuel oil.  An exclusion zone has also been set up around the ship and the salvage work site on Cleveleys promenade.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1533    Since grounding, Riverdance's list has steadily increased, and the ship is now on its beam ends.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1536    Some of the ship's cargo is still on board.
andrewstransport > Riverdance salvage work site, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1537
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Cleveleys, 25 February 2008 - 1537    A last look at the unfortunate ship.  Its salvage will be neither easy nor quick.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Clevelys, 21 July 2008 1 - 2009   Sustained bad weather in spring 2008 made the salvage of Riverdance impossible, and it was decided to break up the ship where she lay.  Work was possible only at low tide, when the plant had to be set up and removed.  The low loader at right moved the crane, and the tipper truck right of centre took scrap ashore.  Riverdance still attracted spectators, and the car at left is one of two used to keep them out of the exclusion zone around the ship.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Clevelys, 21 July 2008 2 - 2010   The bones of a wooden ship can be seen just south of Riverdance.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Clevelys, 21 July 2008 3 - 2015   The bow has been removed.
andrewstransport > Riverdance, Clevelys, 21 July 2008 4 - 2015   Midships, still largely intact.
Moondance, Heysham, 19 February 2006 I do not have a photo of Riverdance before its loss, but here is one of its sister ship. Both were built in Germany in the late 1970s, and carried lorries and trailers between Heysham and Warrenpoint.
andrewstransport > Moondance, Heysham, 19 February 2006     I do not have a photo of Riverdance before its loss, but here is one of its sister ship.  Both were built in Germany in the late 1970s, and carried lorries and trailers between Heysham and Warrenpoint.
Moondance, Heysham, 19 February 2006 I do not have a photo of Riverdance before its loss, but here is one of its sister ship. Both were built in Germany in the late 1970s, and carried lorries and trailers between Heysham and Warrenpoint.
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