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Off Topic A ship docked in Hull?

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  1. Brucebones

    Brucebones Well-Known Member

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    I've been told there is some sort of ship/boat or ferry docked in Hull somewhere. I've also been told it's got a casino on it, I have a feeling it might be some sort of nightclub but have never heard of it.
    Anyone any ideas what it is I've been told?
     
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  2. tiger d

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    There's nothing coming up on Marine Traffic

    http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-0.3/centery:53.7/zoom:10

    If she is in the dock, she is not giving off a AIS signal. This might indicate she's laid up or in a dead state. There are presently approx 8 laid up ships in
    Albert & William Wright Docks which are not giving off AIS signals so they don't appear on Marine Traffic.
     
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  3. Brucebones

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    I do have a feeling that someone has got their wires crossed with Hull & the one in Newcastle, somewhere along the way!
     
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  4. tiger d

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    The Tuxedo Royale was in Newcastle but she closed down approx 10 years ago. She was then moved to Middlesbrough were
    she has fallen into disrepair and will probably end up getting scrapped. The same fate as the Manxman that was in Hull.
     
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  5. Brucebones

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    The Manxman may have been it! Pity I don't have a name before, I'll check with that & see. Cheers!
     
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    Had some good night's on the Manxman. Can't remember if there was a casino on her thought I don't think there was.
     
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    Manxman was just a club, I don't think there was ever a casino on it and it shut in '97.
     
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  10. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    Was the Manxman in the old dry dock*, and is it that dock that's the new amphitheatre?

    * Ruscador's.

    (From one 'Doctor' to another)..."You remember them, don't you?"
     
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    It was indeed.
     
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    Manxman was in the same spot where the planned outside theatre is going to be! Or close to it.
     
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  13. GLP

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    I went in the Manxman on my 21st, I think <cheers><cheers> The Manxman was last over in the North West I think?
     
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    It went to Sunderland when it left us and by 2012 it looked like this...

    please log in to view this image
     
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  15. balkan tiger

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    Pride of Hull
    Pride of Rotterdam
    Pride of York
    Pride of Bruges
    Two of the 4 are in Hull every day, all have a casino and two bar/discos.
     
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    Cheers, I was told its permanently docked in Hull, seems to be the Manxman, which is no longer there!
     
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    And wasn't a casino...
     
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  18. balkan tiger

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    Just teasing, I missed off the tongue in cheek smiley
     
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    I remember you had to be very careful on the stairs after a few beers. Good night though.
     
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  20. GLP

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    Yeah wrong way round, it came to us from the North West. Preston and Liverpool.
     
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