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Photographs - 2005 Page 3
Thames: 10th October 2005
 
 
This page is devoted to photographs taken on a Thames cruise in 2005 of the preserved paddle steamer Waverley. The cruise was planned to be to Dover via Southend, at the end of Waverley's Thames spell, but was cutailed to Whitstable following the serious fire on Southend Pier the night before, preventing passengers from joining there.
 
This page shows other ships and maritime scenes from this cruise. Waverley: Thames Cruise: 1 shows images of Waverley.
 
Waverley Contacts:-
Website: www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk
Phone: 0845 130 4647
 
 
Sections on This Page:-
Tilbury - Canvey Island
Southend Pier
Sheerness
ThamesPort Container Terminal
Medway
Sheerness - Whitstable
 
Waverley Pages:-
Waverley Photographs - 1980s
Waverley Photographs - 2004
Waverley Photographs - 2005: Bristol Channel
Waverley Photographs - 2005: Thames Cruise: 1
Waverley Photographs - 2005: Thames Cruise: 2 - this page!
Waverley Photographs - 2006: River Thames 1: September
Waverley Photographs - 2006: River Thames 2: October
Waverley Photographs - 2006: River Thames 3: October 3rd Cruise
 
Associated Pages:-
Balmoral Postcards
Kingswear Castle - Preserved River Dart paddle steamer, now on the Thames & Medway
www.ssrichardmontgomery.com - Site devoted to wrecked Liberty Ship Richard Montgomery
UK Excursion Ships
Ferry Postcards
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Waverley Photos
 
Photographs in 2005
 
 
 
Tilbury - Canvey Island
 
Waverley at Tilbury before departure.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Lysbris of Lys-Line at Tilbury.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Lysbris of Lys-Line at Tilbury.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Symphorine of Cobelfret at Tilbury.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tilbury landing stage.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Survey vessel Verifier near Tilbury.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Container ship Geestdijk near Corringham.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Container ship Geestdijk near Corringham.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Container ship Geestdijk near Corringham.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tugs at Corringham.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Canvey Island - note golden sand (imported).
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Anna Oden of Cobelfret anchored off Southend.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Anna Oden anchored off Southend.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Southend
 
New building for South East Essex Colledge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Pier damage after the fire of 9th/10th October 2005.
The station, pub, and cafe were destroyed, although the metal structure was not badly damaged.
The fire was at the original end of the pier (lengthened some years after original constuction).
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Pier damage after the fire of 9th/10th October 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Pier damage after the fire of 9th/10th October 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Pier damage after the fire of 9th/10th October 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Undamaged pier extension.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Southend Pier.
Still the longest pier in the world, despite various attempts to shorten it.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Pier damage after the fire of 9th/10th October 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
The new lifeboat centre on the pier extension - not damaged by the fire.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
The new lifeboat centre on the pier extension.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tug Corringham which attended the fire on 9th/10th October 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sheerness & Queenborough
 
 
Grain Tower, built to defend the entrance to the Medway.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sheerness ferry terminal (no longer in use for passenger ferries).
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sheerness ferry terminal - using a Napoleonic fort.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sheerness ferry terminal - using a Napoleonic fort.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
The remains of Queenborough railway pier - visible at low tide.
Cross Channel ferry services by the Zeeland SS Co ran from here.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thamesport Container Terminal
 
 
Bulk carrier Yeoman Bridge and container ships.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Bulk carrier Yeoman Bridge.
This is the largest "coaster" on the UK shipping register - she brings aggregates from Scotland.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Bulk carrier Yeoman Bridge and fuelling barge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Container ship Ever Useful.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Container ship Ever Useful.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tanker Freya Breeze.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medway
 
Bee Ness jetty - described as the longest jetty in the world.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Unloading jetty at Kingsnorth power station in Long Reach.
Sir Charles Parsons unloading coal - owners CEGB, Powergen and now German company e-on.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sir Charles Parsons unloading coal.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sir Charles Parsons unloading coal.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sir Charles Parsons unloading coal - showing new e-on logo.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Sir Charles Parsons unloading coal.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Hoo Fort (left) and Darnot Fort, with Kingsnorth power station in the background.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Darnot Fort in Pinup Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Hoo Fort in Pinup Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Hoo Fort in Pinup Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Hoo Fort in Pinup Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Hoo Fort and Kingsnorth power station.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Emblem in Pinup Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
House boat at Hoo St Werbergh marina.
This boat was rebuilt from the steam gunboat commanded by Sir Peter Scott.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Lightships at Hoo St Werbergh marina, village church in the background.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Lightships at Hoo St Werbergh marina.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Lightship at Hoo St Werbergh marina.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Barges and pub at Lower Upnor in Upnor Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tug Nipashore used to turn Waverley in Upnor Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tug Nipashore used to turn Waverley in Upnor Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Tug Nipashore used to turn Waverley in Upnor Reach.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Derelict barges by Hoo Fort.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Army fast craft passing Waverley.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Army fast craft passing Waverley with Kingsnorth power station.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sheerness - Whitstable
 
 
Wreck of the Richard Montgomery.
In August 1944, the Richard Montgomery grounded and broke in two, 1.5 miles off Sheerness, while carrying munitions from the United States for the allied war effort in France.
The aft section was cleared of munitions at the time of the accident but some 1,400 tonnes of TNT explosive (in a variety of bomb types and sizes) remain in the forward section of the wreck.
For more information see: www.ssrichardmontgomery.com
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Wreck of the Richard Montgomery.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Wreck of the Richard Montgomery, with Southend in the background.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Kentish Flats wind farm.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Kentish Flats wind farm.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Kentish Flats wind farm, with two Cobelfret ferries.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Approaching Whitstable.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Approaching Whitstable.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Approaching Whitstable.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Whitstable harbour.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Waverley at Whitstable.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
Waverley leaving Whitstable.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th October 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
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