70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby clee2011 on Thu 14 Jun 2012, 3:09 pm

A sequence of photos of 70000 Britannia on "The Cathedrals Express" from Victoria to Swanage via Romsey. Seen here in Freemantle, Southampton taking on water before rounding its train and resuming its journey to Swanage tender first.

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IMG_9870 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr
Incidentaly the brown bricked house with tropical trees seen on the edge of this picture was where Fred Fleet, the look-out on the Titanic lived.
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IMG_9874 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr

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IMG_9875 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr

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IMG_9884 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr

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IMG_9894 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr

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IMG_9899 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr

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IMG_9900 - 70000 Britannia - Freemantle - 14.06.12 by Colin D Lee, on Flickr
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Re: 70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby greatdogs on Thu 14 Jun 2012, 4:24 pm

Nice shots,going down to Poole tonight to see her come back.
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Re: 70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby Cimmerian on Thu 14 Jun 2012, 5:30 pm

Very nice, I'm hoping to go to my favourite bridge in Farnborough to see her coming through but it has just started raining and looking pretty miserable at the moment.
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Re: 70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby Eelmoor on Thu 14 Jun 2012, 10:16 pm

Cimmerian wrote:Very nice, I'm hoping to go to my favourite bridge in Farnborough to see her coming through but it has just started raining and looking pretty miserable at the moment.


Fleet Pond ??? would have seen you there if if was dry !!
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Re: 70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby Cimmerian on Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:29 am

Eelmoor wrote:
Cimmerian wrote:Very nice, I'm hoping to go to my favourite bridge in Farnborough to see her coming through but it has just started raining and looking pretty miserable at the moment.


Fleet Pond ??? would have seen you there if if was dry !!


No, I go to Monks Bridge, off of Highgate Lane.
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Re: 70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby flygirl on Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:51 am

Nice shots.
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Re: 70000 Britannia - 14th June 2012

Postby clee2011 on Fri 15 Jun 2012, 3:24 pm

Thanks for your comments :smile:
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