Never Ending East Coast Quiz - 8

[Athene V30]

Staying up in Morgana's water...

Shotley was officially opened in 1988 by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Lewin.

What was the name of the first craft to enter after the opening?

By the way, going offline now and won't be back till morning!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Phew.... got me on that one.... extensive Googling fails to illuminate.....

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

... still no joy with Google!

I'll have to resort to old fashioned options like asking in the marina office!

 

[FullCircle]

Got me too.
It struck me the bloke who wrote myshotley.com does not like the marina as he avoids writing anything about it. Seeing as it is steeped in history, and one of their largest monumnets to engineering, you would have thought it rated a page or two.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Yep.... its strangely silent on the subject....

I suspect much of the history of the marina hasn't made it onto the net either as its not on its first owners, having apparently in years gone by, going bankrupt at least twice!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

stilll.... now you know why its the never ending quiz...... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[tillergirl]

For some strange reason, I think it might have been Sailing Barge Thistle.

 

[FullCircle]

I remember both Thistle and Hydrogen being there in 1990-ish when I first visited....

 

[Athene V30]

Close. It was a Spritsail Barge but not Thistle.

Any more ideas?

 

[FullCircle]

One of these then?

ADIEU
ALICE
ARDWINA
ARMADILLO
ATRATO
BERIC
BETULA
BLACKTHORN
BRITISH EMPIRE
CABBY
CAMBRIA
CENTAUR
CYGNET
DANNEBROG DAWN
DECIMA
DINAH
EDITH MAY
EDME
ENA
ETHEL ADA
FELIX
GEORGE SMEED
GLADYS
GLENWAY
GRETA
HENRY
HOPE
HYDROGEN
IRONSIDES
JOCK
KITTY
LADY DAPHNE
LADY GWYNFRED
LADY JEAN
LADY OF THE LEA
MARIE MAY
MARJORIE
MAY
MELISSA
MIROSA
MONTREAL NANCY GREY
NELLIE
NORTHDOWN
OAK
ORINOCO
PHOENICIAN
PORTLIGHT
PUDGE
RAYBEL
REMERCIE
REMINDER
REPERTOR
SCONE
SCOTSMAN SPINAWAY C
THALATTA
THISTLE
TOLLESBURY
VICTOR
VIGILANT
WHIPPET
WILFRED
WILL
WYVENHOE
XYLONITE
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[Athene V30]

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ETHEL ADA


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Well done Jim. Don't know how you got it!