ABANDONED CRUISE LINER left to ROT - TSS DUKE of LANCASTER.

[@robjohnson2821]

I worked on this ship back in the day at weekends. It was actually supposed to end up facing the other way but they misjudged the tide when it was getting towed in and had to settle for it facing the wrong way. Also stayed over on a few Saturday nights in what used to be guest cabins, damp and miserable but it saved driving back to Liverpool after a few drinks 😊. Brings back a lot of memories, thanks for sharing.

[@Poohbear2025]

You are putting in work and grinding, getting yourself out there, Billy. Good luck to you ⌛️🐦‍🔥

[@mitter2425]

I remember going to the market that was there on Sundays driving with my nan grandad in the 80s to Wales, youve just took me back to lovely memories nice 1 billy , beautiful day out fresh sea air

[@pleasantville4529]

You ain't the only one mate.

[@Jcscat74]

The Fun Ship, it was called and also used to have a market inside it. Gutted I’ve missed u over this way my mate. Keep the content coming lad!

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

Nice of you to give Heysham a shout Bill, and I didn't even know anything about the duke of Lancaster, my home town, but she could be an absolute beauty, enjoyed that Billy, learn something new everyday, thanks for posting this mate, hope Joe and Terry are well, and you're ma 💙, honest she got a look of my mum, who's just turned 75,

[@peterdavies7828]

Alright mate, the ship was used to beat the system when we were kids all shops were not allowed to open on a Sunday but you could sell from a ship , so it was used a market, and still is , it has also just been used to make a TV series Windrush, my mate owns it ,

[@torquesteer2657]

Top man Bill, just down the road from me this. Passed it many times over the years but never been inside or got close to it. Shame to see it go to ruins. Enjoying the vids 💪🏼

[@AJdoesdrones]

I recently did some drone footage of that great ghostly looking ship on my channel, great video Billy. Just subscribed

[@stormytempest6521]

Excellent bit of footage Bill.

[@LloydPrebble]

I'm not up this time in morning for nothing but I do check in.❤

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

She's not been abandoned Bill , the Rowley family (Liverpool) still own her along with the Solitaire market on the front 👍👍 P.S. The guy that done all the original art work inside her back in the early 1980,s was a good friend of my Dad called John Fellows 🤔🤔

[@christopher5721]

It used to be a market

[@chrisdeburghconcertvids5222]

Network rail are trying to make the access road pedestrian only, which means it will be cut off and unusable

[@Ian-2022]

It was apparently called Fun Ship because it had an arcade in it. I read somewhere that there was pinball machines inside worth a few bob ?

[@JonnoAndrews]

It did, I was on a forum that dealt with the excavation of the machines kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJTclqmHe995jc0

[@Ian-2022]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJTclqmHe995jc0si=d460Nm7sCwC6tyLm

[@Craig-wp3pz]

I explored that ship VERY throughly in the early 90's............ No fun stuff we could find, I never even saw the arcade open or in use, and I was born 1980.....

[@Ian-2022]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJTclqmHe995jc0si=1mX9_h1xmXYzAm7H

[@Ian-2022]

Search " Duke of Lancaster arcade raid initial inspection visit" it's video of all arcade cabinets inside before they went for sale.

[@jamesdean4100]

sad to see those great old ships lying abandoned bill,the saddest one is the royal iris rotting away in some docks in london,brought back some great memories that ferry,even the beatles played on there

[@DianeBonner-g3d]

I remember the Iris as a fun ship thought it was at Preston docks be about 40 years ago so in London shame rotting away like this country

[@jamesdean4100]

@@DianeBonner-g3d yeh sadly in london now

[@davelar3868]

Royal iris should be crowd funded and brought home

[@pleasantville4529]

​@@davelar3868 Yes Dave lar. It would cost millions mate, but I'd contribute a few bob.

[@davelar3868]

@@pleasantville4529 historic ships

[@JohnWilkie-q1p]

The Duke of Lancaster was never a cruise liner it was the Irish ferry from heysham to Belfast for years along with it’s sister ship Duke of Argyle

[@BRM101]

Built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, launched on 1 December 1955 and completed in 1956, she was designed to operate as both a passenger ferry (primarily on the Heysham to Belfast route) and as a cruise ship.[3][4] In this capacity, the Duke of Lancaster travelled to the Scottish islands and further afield to Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Spain.[2][5]

[@PackWoods-st3oh]

What a lovely little place that is bill 💚✌️

[@ratatat9790]

Enjoy all your podcasts Billy but especially the ones when you're out and about. The balance you achieve between filming and talking is spot on and you are a natural talker who never repeats himself, talks shit or waffles which makes you highly watchable in my book. Cheers.

[@davidwestmoreland3444]

Alright Billy mate it's good to hear you and the ship 🚢 is a awful waste of money really 😕 but thats life eh hope ya folks are OK

[@TomDee-ut8hc]

I watched these videos about the last year and little did I no I only just watched the movie a prayer before dawn wow some film much respect to this man just wow no wonder they made a film out this and can't beat a true story epic story

[@craigmcdonnell-pn6jm]

Am I correct in thinking they were gonna turn it into a nightclub but the fire service didn’t approve it due to a lack of escape routes??

[@1mikefrost]

I was standing next to it on Saturday. Awesome.

[@gerrylennon9655]

The Duke of Lancaster has spent more time at Llanerch y mor (1979 - 2024) than she spent at sea (1956 - 1979). I remember being violently sick on her during a very rough crossing from Dun Laoghaire back in the 1970’s.

[@Imfat8888]

harder to spot this ship from the wirral side now, the ship was painted white and you used to be able spot it instantly looking from wirral side,

[@scoates9910]

Nice one, you don't see things like that everyday! ❤

[@GBPaddling]

As Jim Royle would say........"Fun Ship my arse".......

[@Craig-wp3pz]

My great Auntie lived near Rhyl, we visited the ship most visits, either for the huge outdoor markets, or latterly, a giant fabric warehouse, I think when the Fabric place opened, the markets had stopped, and the ship boarded up......... I think the textile site was called Abercan' 6 year old me had many fantasy moments, dreaming of stealing that ship, and being a pirate somewhere around the Isle of White 😅

[@lilyAlison026]

Type in duke of lancaster mission aboard it shows you 3 months ago what it's like inside the ship now , A group of lads called urbandoned got to sneak inside

[@SNPSNP-s7j]

Very interesting , didn’t even know this was there .

[@anthonygiglio9860]

Great Video😊

[@ThomasFrancis-sc6cd]

Cool isn’t it bill would love to go inside and have a look .. I seen somewhere Someone took all the arcade machines out of it and sold them for thousands ..

[@MrTwister86660]

There’s a video on KZbin were 3 lads sneak on and film it all. Just type in Duke of Lancaster Fun ship. Worth a watch like,

[@ROCKHITS572]

only seen it once from a dissidence on my way to Abergele it was white then what a mess its in now 😞😞

[@momogallas]

Madness that just sitting there! 😮

[@stevenclark1973]

How long before it's turned into flats?

[@normanmeharry58]

It was never a cruise liner. Always an Irish Sea ferry... mostly Belfast-Heysham.

[@christopher5721]

It was a ship that had market stalls on we had one for two summers

[@DianeBonner-g3d]

Does anyone remember the Royal Iris it became fun ship and disco Preston Dock correct me if iam wrong great vlog Billie

[@Imfat8888]

i went on the royal iris many times back in the eighties when it was nightclub on the river Mersey,

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

@@Imfat8888 She was Berthed @ Princess Dock budd sadly the floating club did not last long due to a few issues like punters getting drunk and falling into the Mersey lol 🤭🤭🤭

[@seanconnolly7386]

People would que down the coast road going to green field market and the fun ship on a Sunday. all gone now I think all the traders found better pickings up the road at towyn.

[@michaelobrien9825]

SECURITY STILL GET PAID TO LOOK AFTER THIS WRECK.

[@wabwee60]

‘Passenger Cruise Liner’? Nonsense, it’s a disused ferry?

[@BRM101]

Built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, launched on 1 December 1955 and completed in 1956, she was designed to operate as both a passenger ferry (primarily on the Heysham to Belfast route) and as a cruise ship.[3][4] In this capacity, the Duke of Lancaster travelled to the Scottish islands and further afield to Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Spain.[2][5]

[@wabwee60]

@@BRM101 Nobody cares.

[@ruebencover5795]

That's a great place to house all the migrants coming over the channel 👍

[@MrTwister86660]

Why? It’s somebody’s ship. Why not house them in your spare room or garden shed

[@DoktorHeinrichWoodman-ut5gf]

It could be turned into an apartment block to help homeless ppl

[@visitheswallnew9720]

Just done an article on TSS Duke of Lancaster for my magazine which is Wirral-based. If you’d like a copy let me have an email address and I’ll send?

[@Johnjones0151]

That could off been turned into flats for the homeless it's a shame or scrap it and build a flat for homeless

[@CliffordWhite-em2kd]

It would cost a fortune FFS

[@davelar3868]

Homeless my arse

[@brendanstoran7555]

They don’t give a f@ck about the homeless they never have, illegal immigrants? Now they’d get a flat there!

[@liam208]

Could have put all the illegal immigrants on it and sent them home.

[@pjl8119]

Spend millions buildings flats - in order to let it out to people for free who will trash it. Yeah great business strategy.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

It really has deteriorated since the last video I saw about 4 years ago

[@peterconnor4193]

The fun ship went there as a kid

[@JohnFerguson-vespaboi1980]

The Big wigs should sell that for scrap value and donate the proceeds to the homeless all over the country boss

[@TomMurphy-n6n]

she had 2 sister ships duke of rothesay and duke of argyll

[@Ian-2022]

"oi Billy" 👍👍👍

[@CC-DD-OO]

no access?

[@MartinShannon-e5r]

Had shot gun,firing on ,back of the ship one year clay pigeon ,couple of quid i hit the 3 clays believe it or not , got to have been 30,odd years ago ta bill, from a scouser in runcorn

[@tropicalpalmtree]

People used to grapple up the side of it and go Urbexing inside (on old videos that set of stairs wasn't there). Looked fun asf.

[@ianthorburn8965]

❤

[@redeyesronny9137]

Why have not saved that history and out into flats for people homeless or amy What a waste xx

[@ynwa9785]

We use go on there as kids boss days sure bill would of not wat kids like back in the day

[@eifionjones559]

not a clue have you mate

[@ynwa9785]

Get Fucin anywere us lol all fun

[@BarbaraMyndiuk]

I remember seeing this it's so sad that its just left to rot

[@MrTwister86660]

Apparently there’s a cannabis farm on there, that’s why it’s so secure

[@Abla-p4y]

Billy lad get back to me please am not accusing you i just need to know?

[@UK-Blue]

CensorTube

[@michaelleaperGreyhound]

So what

[@Rich-h8i]

Tell us something we don’t know