This Is Her: The Sad Fate of MV Royal Iris

Back to Woolwich!
MV Royal Iris hosted and inspired some of the biggest names in music in the 1960s, and is fondly remembered by many Merseysiders - so how the heck did she end up rotting away in Woolwich?

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Sources and further reading

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Roya...

IanVisits: Royal Iris – the Mersey ferry rusting away on the Thames
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/...

Royal Iris awaits her fate
https://web.archive.org/web/200711071...

Former Mersey ferry gutted by fire, BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

Mersey Ferries Meets Merseybeat: Riverboat Shuffle Cruises
Includes a picture of the Beatles playing on Royal Iris, taken by Mike McCartney.
https://www.merseyferries.co.uk/about...

Keith Chesworth’s 2006 pictures
https://web.archive.org/web/201003081...

2014 Urbex – Gabe 28 Days Later
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads...

Music Dayz fact for 25/8/61
The Beatles support Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band on the MV Royal Iris.
https://musicdayz.com/fact/16924/

The long and exciting career of SS Royal Iris, 1906-1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Roya...

Mersey Pirate photo via SatKids
https://www.paulmorris.co.uk/satkids/...