PLANS to mark the 120th anniversary of the first sailing of SS Walter Scott on Loch Katrine, have had to be scrapped after the Denny-built
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Author: Hugh Dougherty
Waverley moves to Greenock for new boiler fitting
PS Waverley left her berth at Glasgow Science Centre on Tuesday 14 January, towed by Clyde Marine tugs, Battler and Biter, to make a four-hour
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Maid gets steam up for first time in 38 years
THE engines of Maid of the Loch, the last paddle steamer to be built in Britain, recently turned under steam pressure for the first time
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Scottish Government’s £1m Waverley boost
THE Scottish Government has stepped in with a £1 million boost for the Waverley Boiler Refit Appeal, to help ensure that the London &
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300 wave off Waverley boiler appeal
THREE hundred supporters turned out on Saturday 15 June to “Wave for Waverley”, formally launching the £2.3m appeal designed to replace LNER-built PS Waverley’s boilers
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Waverley tied up until 2020
WAVERLEY Excursions have announced that LNER-built PS Waverley, the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, will not sail at all in 2019 and will remain tied
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