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Bibby Sapphire at the Old Bibby Line Berth Photographs © John H. Luxton 2006 |
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BIBBY SAPPHIRE rests in the
West Float Birkenhead on December 16, 2006; after completion of work
which saw the vessel equipped with diving support capability by
Northwestern Shiprepairers at Birkenhead during 2006.
There is a certain significance to where the BIBBY SAPPHIRE is
berthed. It is actually the old Bibby Line berth that was used for
several decades for their services to Port Said, Port Sudan, Colombo
and Rangoon. The last Bibby "Burma Boat" GLOUCESTERSHIRE
loaded at that berth in 1971 and then took the companies last
sailing which had been the mainstay of Bibby Line operations for
over eighty years. Consequently, it is 35 years since a Bibby Line
vessel berthed at that quay. Further details will be found in a new book
"Birkenhead and Birkenhead Docks" by Ian Collard due to be published
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