HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS

[Tony Frost]

Fit for a Queen

[northeast]

Taken by me in same berth, 14/11/2006

[Patrick Hill]

Bit out of our area but here she is arriving at Oban a while ago and berthed there recently

26/06/09

30/06/15

[Patrick Hill]

At anchor off Oban 25/04/22.

[Hornbeam]

I would recommend that "viewers" read Wiki on this vessel as she had a surprising Secondary purpose along with her sister Ships 'in the event of'

[Whickham]

From Wiki:
"RMS Columba was the last of three car ferries built in 1964 by Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen for the Secretary of State for Scotland.[7] The Secretary of State for Scotland ordered a trio of near-identical car ferries for the Western Isles. They were chartered to David MacBrayne Ltd and were all equipped to serve as floating nuclear shelters, in the event of national emergency.[8] This included vertical sliding watertight doors that could seal off the car deck, immediately aft of the hoist."

[8] Refers to: https://web.archive.org/web/20171002215 ... ythonplan/
This takes a while to load. Must be stored in the depths of a nuclear bunker.

[northeast]

I thought you were referring to the Queen having chartered her twice for cruises round the Western Isles.

[Hornbeam]

N.E. There was information somewhere that if the Royal Family were at Balmoral and an increasing level during the "Period of Tension" these are the vessels that the Royal Family and certain Government Members would flee to before the Big Bang happened and employing "Pure Cremation" was a waste of money! The vessel's also had an exceptional Communications Suite fitted but not used in their everyday employment as RN Communicators would be Drafted in to operate the specialist equipment.