MV Princess Victoria
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MV Princess Victoria was one of the earliest roll-on/roll-off ferries. Completed in 1947, she operated from Stranraer, Scotland, to Larne, Northern Ireland, initially by the London, Midland and Scotti
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The lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly preserved in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland
Memorial in Portpatrick
Copeland Islands
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The Copeland Islands is a group of three islands in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, consisting of Lighthouse Island, Copeland Island and Mew Island. They lie w
MV Princess Victoria
…the ship broadcast that her engines had stopped. The final Morse code message at 13:58 reported the ship "on her beam ends" five miles east of the Copeland Islands. The court of inquiry found that assistance to Princess Victoria had been hampered by resources attending to other distress operations already underway…
The Copeland Islands seen from a ferry
The old kirkyard (graveyard) on Copeland Island, also known as Big Island.
Mew Island Lighthouse