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Ships and boats

Primary 1 Intake I'm guessing that 1978 when I started school would have been the year Glaitness opened, because by t...
Longhope Lifeboat Helen Comrie. Pictured after being offically named by the Duke of Kent today. Camera Phone picture...sorry for th...
Longhope Lifeboat naming ceremony Taken today as the Duke of Kent offically names the Longhope Lifeboat Helen Comrie.
Russa Taing New Westray fishing boat 'Russa Taing' loading Ice on her maiden visit to Kirkwall in Dec. 2002
St Rognvald IV The St Rognvald IV seen lying alongside the Kirkwall Pier. She was the last of the St Rognvald's wit...
Islander and Orcadia The ferries Islander and Orcadia at the pier in Kirkwall in summer 1973
ST SUNNIVA Date is approx. Unsure why the ST OLA was flying flags.
The Otter Bank returns to Orkney Willie Groat is pictured on Hatston Slip with the former bank boat Otter Bank which he served onboar...
Former bank boat Otter Bank Pictured after being returned to Orkney 25th June 2007. See picture #3169 for more links to old p...
Replica Viking Longboat Replica Viking ship at Corn Slip in 2005
HAMNAVOE Passing the Old Man.

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