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Mercedes August 2, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : transport, movie clips, Art, London , trackback

Queen Mercedes (1860-1878) was the wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain. Reina Mercedes, an unprotected cruiser for the Spanish Navy, was launched 1887, captured by the US Navy 1898, salvaged and used as a sort of prison ship, then scrapped in 1957.
The River Thames passenger cruiser Mercedes was built in 1960, and brought over from the Continent in the late 1980s to sail the ‘circular cruise’, from St Katherine’s Pier to Westminster, returning via Festival Pier, Bankside, and London Bridge City Pier.

With a travelcard, the ‘hop on hop off’ day pass is only

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Comment by Gina
2004-08-03 09:51:30

Great movie! And a good idea for a Saturday afternoon!

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