Bring her back to Mersey plea as Manxman looks doomed; Charity needs urgent cash to save ship from the scrapheap.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 13, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: GEMMA PRICE

FOR nearly 30 years, the iron-hulledSS Manxman carried more than 2,000 passengers daily across the Irish Sea.

Now,it seems as if the Birkenhead-built vessel,Britain's last operational steam-powered ship,could soon be making her final voyage -to a scrapyard.

Despite efforts to save her,it looks as if time is running out and a charity set up solely to preserve her say they need between pounds 50,000-100,000 top revent her from bei...

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