Boats

BOATS IN DISTRESS AT CHARLOTTE QUAY GRAND CANAL DOCK

December 7, 2022 by infomatique

PHOTOGRAPHED HALLOWEEN WEEKEND 2013

Yesterday I discovered an old SD card in my Sony NEX-7 camera and it contained many photographs from the 2013 Halloween weekend.

Tuesday 17 December 2014 Waterways Ireland removed many derelict and abandoned boats from Charlotte Quay in the Grand Canal Dock at Ringsend. However, when I visited in January 2015 there was at least one which appeared to be derelict or abandoned. In April 2015 I revisited the area and there were no derelict or abandoned boats to be seen.

Charlotte Quay was named for Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Regent, who married Leopold, King of the Belgians but died in childbirth in 1817. She was named for her grandmother, Charlotte of Mecklenburg, wife of George III.

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DUBLIN PORT TUGS ON DISPLAY

October 8, 2022 by infomatique

VIDEO PROVIDED BY WILLIAM MURPHY

The Tug Boats ‘Shackleton’ and ‘Beaufort’, are named after two remarkable patrons of exploration. Ernest Shackleton, born in Athy Co. Kildare, was a fearless explorer whose legacy as the world’s greatest exploration leader will live on as an inspiration to pioneers for centuries to come.

Sir Francis Beaufort, who hailed from Navan, was a tireless innovator who created the scale of measurement for wind force which is now world-renowned, and is used by the 15,000 vessel arrival and departures in Dublin Port every year.

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