http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/tags/thelizard/ Wed, 23 May 2012 08:45:54 -0700 Wed, 23 May 2012 08:45:54 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4007/buddyicons/47290943@N03.jpg?1301652258#47290943@N03 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/tags/thelizard/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/7256200554/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nlireland/">National Library of Ireland on The Commons</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/7256200554/" title="The Lizard"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/7256200554_522c1cd276_m.jpg" width="240" height="184" alt="The Lizard" /></a></p> <p>Great group shot of intending passengers and some crew aboard the Lizard, probably along the quays in Waterford. Believe that the commanding officer may have been called something like Captain Reth, but couldn't swear to it...<br /> <br /> I'm taking a trip too, but will be back in action at the start of June! It'd be lovely to come back and find complete info on the ship; full family and career history on the Captain; all manner of gossip (however wild) about relationships between the passengers. Oh, and an exact date too, of course! Demanding, Moi? :)<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54708393@N08/" target="_blank">Philip Ward</a></b> has contributed some great info:<br /> &quot;<i>The Lizard 1176 gross tons built by The Clyde Shipping Co. and launched in 1895. Sold to Turkey in 1925 and renamed Chanak-Kaleh.Scrapped in 1959.</i>&quot;<br /> <br /> Date: 1896?<br /> <br /> NLI Ref.: <a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/P_WP_0971a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">P_WP_0971a</a></p> Wed, 23 May 2012 08:45:54 -0700 1969-12-31T16:00:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7256200554 52.260166 -7.103723 52.260166 -7.103723 562477 The Lizard <p>Great group shot of intending passengers and some crew aboard the Lizard, probably along the quays in Waterford. Believe that the commanding officer may have been called something like Captain Reth, but couldn't swear to it...<br /> <br /> I'm taking a trip too, but will be back in action at the start of June! It'd be lovely to come back and find complete info on the ship; full family and career history on the Captain; all manner of gossip (however wild) about relationships between the passengers. Oh, and an exact date too, of course! Demanding, Moi? :)<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54708393@N08/" target="_blank">Philip Ward</a></b> has contributed some great info:<br /> &quot;<i>The Lizard 1176 gross tons built by The Clyde Shipping Co. and launched in 1895. Sold to Turkey in 1925 and renamed Chanak-Kaleh.Scrapped in 1959.</i>&quot;<br /> <br /> Date: 1896?<br /> <br /> NLI Ref.: <a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/P_WP_0971a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">P_WP_0971a</a></p> National Library of Ireland on The Commons ireland turkey uniform ship veil lifebelt glasgow pipes passengers lizard lifeboat captain steamer waterford munster gangplank thelizard glassnegative thequay whiteheather strawboaters nationallibraryofireland buttonniere ahpoole clydeshippingco poolecollection arthurhenripoole chanakkaleh http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/