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MERCHANT SHIPS: MOVIES

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Ship Operator Film /TV Series Producer/Date Notes
Andrea Doria

(or Cristoforo Colombo)

Italian Line On The Waterfront 1954 Played self - end of film
Atlanta CIL Educating Rita 1983 Played self at quayside
Benediction ? On The Waterfront 1954 Played self
Ben-My-Chree [V] IoMSPCo Letter to Brezhnev 1985 Played self laid up Vittoria Dock
Brave Merchant Norse Merchant Ferries Veronica Guerin 2003 Played self - visible in Great South Wall scenes
Caesarea Sealink Neither the Sea Nor the Sand 1972  
Canberra P&O Diamonds Are Fore Ever 1971 Played self
Canterbury Southern Railway Lavender Hill Mob 1951 Played self
Cardiff or Bristol Castle P&A Campbell Tiger Bay 1959 Played Self
Clan Alpine Clan Line On The Waterfront 1954 Played self
Constitution American Export Lines An Affair to Remember 1957 Plays self
Crested Eagle General Steam Nav. Co Dunkirk Ealing Films 1958 Studio model / set seen sinking at pier.
Dawn Merchant Norse Merchant Ferries 51st State 2001 Played self
Empress of France Canadian Pacific Rly Co. The Magnet 1950 Played self
Fenella II Isle of Man Steam Packet Penny Paradise 1938  Played self
Franconia II Cunard Too Much Money 1926 Played self
Free Enterprise I Townsend Thoresen The Italian Job 1969 Played Self
Free Enterprise II Townsend Thoresen San Ferry Ann 1965 Played self
Freshbrook ? Dunkirk Ealing Films 1958 Played self?
Granuaile [II] CIL Educating Rita 1980s Played self  at quayside
Ille de France French Line The Last Voyage 1960 Played SS Clarendon in a disaster movie and actually sunk for the part.
Invicta British Railways San Ferry Ann 1960s Played self
Ivernia Cunard The Mouse That Roared 1959 Played Self
Jeremiah O'Brien Titanic 1998 Titanic Engine Room Scenes
John Hawkins Great Western Railway Dunkirk Ealing Films 1958 Plays self
Jonathan Swift Irish Continental Group Veronica Guerin 2003 Played self - visible in Great South Wall scenes
J Farley Wallasey Ferries The Magnet [1940s/50s?] Played self
Kista Dan J, Lauritzen Hell Below Zero 1954 Played Ice Breaker in Film
Koningin Beatrix Stena Line Felicia's Journey 1999 Played self, supposedly leaving Rosslare, but was in fact leaving Fishguard!
Lady of Mann [I] IoMSPCo No Limit 1935 Played Self
Lady of Mann [II] IoMSPCo Letter to Brezhnev 1985 Played self
Lady of Mann [II] Sea Co/IoMSPCo The Boxer 1997 Played self
Lady of Mann [II] Sea Co/IoMSPCo The Commitments 1991 Played self
Lady Patricia Arthur Guinness & Co Hear My Song 1991 Played self
Lady Patricia Arthur Guinness & Co Far and Away 1992 Filmed on foredeck - heavily disguised
Largs Bay Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line A Night to Remember 1958 "Titanic"
Lochmore or Lochness David MacBrayne Whisky Galore 1949
Liparus Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Played self 
Lurline Matson Line From Here to Eternity 1953  
Manx Maid IoMSPCo Letter to Brezhnev 1985 Played self laid up Vittoria Dock
Manxman [I] IoMSPCo No Limit 1935 Depicted by Studio Set
Manxman [II] IoMSPCo SOS Titanic

 

1979

 

"Carpathia"

 

Manxman [II] IoMSPCo Yentl 1982 Russian Emigrant ship "Moskva"
Manxman [II] IoMSPCo The Mission 1982 Played cross channel steamer
Manxman [II] IoMSPCo Chariots of Fire 1980 Played cross channel steamer
Mauretania II Cunard The Lady Eve 1941 Played "SS Southern Queen"
Massey Shaw London County Council Dunkirk Ealing Films 1958 Played self (fire boat)
Maxim Gorkiy Sovcomflot Terror on the Britannic (Juggernaut) 1974 Played "SS Britannic"
Medway Queen Medway Steam Packet Co Dunkirk Ealing Films 1958 Played self
Miranda Guinness Arthur Guinness & Co Hear My Song 1991 Played self
Mona's Isle IoMSPCo Chariots of Fire 1980 Played cross channel steamer
Mona's Queen IoMSPCo No Limit 1935 Played Self
Nieuw Amsterdam Holland America Line On The Waterfront 1954 Played self
Prince of Scandinavia [?] Scandinavian Seaways Still Crazy 1998
Queen Elizabeth Cunard Next to No Time 1959 Played self
Queen Elizabeth 2 Cunard "The Magic Christian" 1969 Played self
Queen Mary ex-Cunard The Aviator 2004 Played self ?
Queen Mary ex-Cunard SOS Titanic 1979 "Titanic"
Queen Mary
ex-Cunard
Poseidon Adventure 1972
Queen Mary Cunard Assault on A Queen 1966 Played Self
Queen Mary ex-Cunard Britannic 1997 Played Britannic some scenes. Others computer generated.
Queen Mary Cunard Dodsworth 1936 Played self
Quiberon Brittany Ferries Wycliffe 1990s Played self arriving Millbay
Rex Italian Line Dodsworth 1936 Played Self
Seabourn Legend Carnival Corporation Speed 2 - Cruise Control 1997 Played self in a hi-jack drama
St. Cicilia Wightlink Aime Ton Pere [Honour They Father] 2002 Plays fictious "Norse Link" Baltic ferry.
St. Trillo Liverpool & North Wales S.S. Co Hindle Wakes 1952
Scammonden ESL Yanks 1979 US Troop Ship
Shieldhall Solent Steam Nav. Co Angela's Ashes Paramount 1999 "Sartroculus" in opening scenes"Irish Oak", closing sequence.
Shieldhall Solent Steam Nav. Co Jewels 1992 Played Southern Railway Train Ferry
Siren [?] Ocean Surveys Michael Collins 1996 CDSPCo Ferry
Sir Joseph Bazelgette Dublin Corporation Borstal Boy 1999 Ferry
Sir Joseph Bazelgette Dublin Corporation Johnny Starlight 1998 War Transport [interior]
Snaefell [?] IoMSPCo Alligator Called Daisy 1955 Cross Channel Ferry
Stena Europe Stena Line Baltic Storm 2003 Plays ESTONIA
Stena Forwarder Stena Line Veronica Guerin 2003 Plays self, visible in opening aerial scenes
Southern Harvester Christian Salvesen Hell Below Zero 1954  
Ulysses Irish Continental Group Veronica Guerin 2003 Plays self, visible in opening aerial scenes
Viking IoMPSPCo No Limit 1935 Plays self - visible in harbour scene
Westerdam

[ex Homeric]

Holland America Line Out to Sea 1997  
Windsor Castle Union Castle Doctor In Trouble 1962 Played fictitious "Golden Horn"

Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the following for contributing to this list: Gary Andrews, Dave Butler, Wayen Blackburn, Neil Ralphs, Adrian Sweeney, Patrick Hill, Graham Mackenzie, Mathias Wolff, David Fairclough, Colin Smith, John Williams, G Harmon the Ostend Ferry Crew, Matt Cross, Mike Edmondson, Tony Sheehan, Richard Seville, Bill Hamilton, Kevin Bennett, George T. Prince, Richard O'Shea,Lester May Kierran, Andrew Hall and Michael Grace.

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