The cache is located a short distance from ‘The Duke Of Lancaster
Fun Ship’ on/around the coastal path. Be sure to take the footpath
to the left of the stream on approach to the GZ. Please mind your
head going under the low bridge. follow footpath around to the
left.
You are looking for a traditional click n lock container. The
cache contains a logbook, pencil and geo goodies to swap.
The Duke Of Lancaster:-
The Duke of Lancaster is a railway steamer passenger ship in
operation in Europe from 1956 to 1978, and currently beached in
Mostyn docks, on the River Dee, north-east Wales.
Built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast and completed in 1956, she
was designed to operate as both a passenger ferry (primarily on the
Heysham-Belfast route) and as a cruise ship. In this capacity, the
Lancaster travelled to the Scottish islands and further afield to
Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
From the mid-1960s, passenger ships such as the Lancaster were
gradually being superseded by car ferries. Rather than undertaking
the expensive option of renewing their entire fleet, British
Railways instead commenced a part-program of conversion. In order
to maintain ferry services whilst these modifications took place,
the Lancaster's duties as a cruise ship ceased. On 25 April 1970,
the ship returned to service, having had her main deck rebuilt to
accommodate vehicles via a door at her stern. The ship now provided
space for 1,200 single-class passengers and 105 cars, with a total
cabin accommodation for 400 passengers.
The ship continued on the Heysham-Belfast route until the service
was withdrawn on 5 April 1975. The Duke of Lancaster was then
briefly employed on the Fishguard-Rosslare crossing, before
becoming the regular relief vessel on the Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire
service until November 1978. The ship was then laid up at Barrow in
Furness, Cumbria.
The Lancaster was sold to Liverpool based company Empirewise
Ltd, who intended her to be used as a static leisure centre and
market. She arrived at her new home at Llanerch-y-Mor, near Mostyn
on 10 August 1979. The ship was beached and the hull was sealed in
concrete. Known as "The Fun Ship", it was also possible to visit
her bridge and engine room. Conversion for use as a 300-room hotel
did not appear to go beyond the preliminary planning stage. Its use
as "The Fun Ship" was relatively short-lived and was subsequently
closed to the public. Over time, the vessel has become increasingly
derelict.
The ship was later used as a warehouse by its owners Solitaire
Liverpool Ltd, a clothing company registered to the same address as
Empirewise Ltd. Despite rumours of the ship being scrapped, the
company stated that they have no plans to sell it, or restore it
and its current use is uncertain.
Despite having large amounts of its exterior paintwork covered in
red-leading, the interior of the ship is in very good condition
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