The Duke of Lancaster

[forcefulfil]

I like the bit posted just before:-

In early 2012 several local arcade game collectors made a deal with Solitaire Liverpool Ltd and were able to purchase most of the coin operated machines left behind inside the ship at the time the fun ship closed. Removing the games required the use of cranes and other heavy lifting equipment.

shame the real guys who sorted this dont get there name in the history books!

thankfully we all know

forcefulfil2013-08-19 22:02:37

 

[lesdawsonslovechild]

This is , without doubt, one of the best things i've ever read. Would love to experience a raid like that. I guess being able to pull off such an operation is testimony to the spirit found within this community. Massive respect to everyone who was involved in this!

 

[dlightbulb]

Just found this thread, what an amazing story! Well done for rescuing the machines

 

[Bensonrad]

So the ship is still there now, I wonder if anything will ever come of it.

 

[jengineer]

is there anything left in there? I'm guessing 99% of arcade goodness was taken out?

 

[Alpha1]

Hey dude,

We took it all apart from one stripped pusher.

 

[forcefulfil]

Hey dude,

?

We took it all apart from one stripped pusher.

im glad we did!
Trying to get that iut and loaded would have been like taking my Edot home.
but a shame it wasnt saved, doubt it will ever leave now

 

[The Deliveryman]

This ship was still there a few months ago with all that 'street art' all over it, but to be honest looked like a load of graffiti.

Still a eye sore to the local council, probably more so now.

Great memories though!

 

[Sm76]

What a fantastic story! Possibly the coolest place to find old arcade machines.

 

[Shinydaz]

Wow how exciting must that have been, one of them things you'll never forget I'm sure !

 

[Battlezone]

Glad someone bumped this thread or I might have might have missed it.

Wow talk about an **EPIC** raid! That's gonna take some beating in the UK.
We may never see another like it. The shear scale of it. No half measures
there, belated 'grats to Oli and the crew.

 

[Alpha1]

There's quite a lot of cool gets in this section, if you got the time to go through them.

 

[aeroflott]

Alpha1 was kind enough to allow me to write up the Duke raid on my blog, so if you want to see a synopsis of the whole story, do take a look chaps.

https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/05/06/arcade-raid-the-duke-of-lancaster-ship/

Cheers

Tony

 

[Buttonbasher]

Great read Tony

Makes you wonder what other gems are still out there?

 

[lespotts]

This popped up on my Facebook feed yesterday, love the story and excellent write up Tony!lespotts2016-05-07 15:59:46

 

[Hurray Banana]

Nice write up Tony

 

[Mr20to5]

Superb post this week Tony.

Amazingly I had never read Alpha1's original post on ukvac (before I joined this crazy ride, so thanks for putting it out again for all to read.

Truly an outstanding discovery and logistical triumph to save those cabs and there were some true beauties in there as well.

Fabulous job everyone.

 

[muddymusic]

Enjoyed reading about it again Tony, nice new look at the day. It really was an epic occasion, I wish I'd been there!

 

[Bensonrad]

Great write up Tony, again looking through this thread, its just so epic! I keep seeing that really nice Deco cab a well, which makes me pine for one. haha.

 

[Alpha1]

Tony's post went viral a few weeks ago and it appears it has gone crazy again!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/explorer-enters-abandoned-cruise-ship-8091960

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/explorers-huge-abandoned-ship-welsh-11403118