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A rough day at Kirkwall pier. Can anybody name the ship at the end of the pier. I'm sure you can but there are not many photos of her around
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Syllinger
Anonymous comment added on 20 December 2010
Is that the Syllingar originally from the Scilly Isles Willie ?
Added by Peter Burges. on 20 December 2010
Its the old Scilly Isles boat the Scillonian renamed the 'Syllingar' which ran for a few years between Kirkwall and Scalloway.
Added by Edwin Rendall on 20 December 2010
Schillenger
Added by Fred Johnston on 20 December 2010
Was the "Syllinger" still around at that time?
Anonymous comment added on 20 December 2010
Aye Willie, picture #2696 shows her on a better day. I mind getting a tour by the owner when he first bought her. Canna mind exactly whit year she arrived bit guessing about 1982/83. Should have photos o her somewhere.
Added by Gordon Stove on 20 December 2010
Is it the Shylinger (spelling?)- operated by Chris Marrow on Kirkwallll-Westray-Shetland route?
Added by John Foulis on 21 December 2010
could be mv Sylingar
Anonymous comment added on 21 December 2010
coaster is dennisons "north sound" astern is the "syllinger" the "river dee" can be seen between the sheds
Added by Hugh Morton on 21 December 2010
I think the coaster is the North Sound
Added by John Wells on 21 December 2010
That is certainly the Syllingar, originally Scillonian 2, also formerly Devonian. She became the Remvi and ran from Brindisi to Capri and then ended up on the coast of West Africa. Returning to the Mediterranean, she was abandoned in a Black Sea port. (I owned her as the Syllingar, which is the Norse name for he Scilly Isles), reopening the then long dead route between Orkney and Shetland. We ran from Kirkwall to Scalloway via Pierowall.)
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Added by Chris Marrow on 26 February 2021
Kirkwall
