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Ships and boats

North Isles Boats MV Orcadia at Kirkwall Pier 8th August, 1990 (County Show Day?).
North Isles Boats MV Orcadia - deck scene. Photo taken 9th August 1990.
Present Hoy Head Ferry See picture #1157 for old ferry in 1975.
Boats in Kirkwall Basin I recently bought an HP Scanjet G4050 which incorporates a Transparent Materials Adapter (TMA) allow...
Earl Sigurd Earl Sigurd approaching Kirkwall Pier. Another from the dust bin, same history as the Fishing Boats...
Ferry photo of Heb Isle taken on approach to stromness on 8 feb this year
Old Boat at Hatston Probably the same boat as picture #4139. Orkney Builder's yellow cement silo in the background was ...
Earl Sigurd & Earl Thorfinn at Kirkwall Pier I trust I am correct in naming them Sigurd and Thorfinn. This shot was scanned from a Ferannia trans...
Norwegian Boat A Norwegian Shark (?) Fisher in the Kirkwall Basin in 1956. Same details as Sigurd & Thorfinn.
Norwegian Fishing Boat A not very clever attempt at showing the harpoon gun. St Ninian in the background.
St Ninian St Ninian at Kirkwall Pier in 1956. Another scan from Ferranniacolor and Vito B.

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