TS Queen Mary given welcome cash boost after anonymous £1 million donation

Plans are in place for the steamship to set sail again next year.
Declan McConville
By Declan McConville
Published 18th Apr 2023, 11:09 BST
Updated 18th Apr 2023, 14:16 BST
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The TS Queen Mary has been given a welcome boost after the restoration of the historic ship on the Clyde recieved an anoymous donation of £1 million.

The steamship became renowned for carrying royalty such as King George V and the Queen Mother as they both sailed on the ship as well as their children - the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.

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During the Second World War it was also used as a mail and passenger service to the Scottish Islands having been launched in Dumbarton in 1933.

In recent years, it has been going under major restoration works with the Princess Royal making the official announcement on behalf of The Friends of TS Queen Mary that the ship would return to being a passenger carrier having said to have carried 13,000 passengers each week in it’s heyday.

An actor who never missed and is immortalised in the Harry Potter franchise as Rubeus Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane is one of the best actors Scotland has ever produced. His loss has been felt immensely in the acting world since his passing late last year.An actor who never missed and is immortalised in the Harry Potter franchise as Rubeus Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane is one of the best actors Scotland has ever produced. His loss has been felt immensely in the acting world since his passing late last year.
An actor who never missed and is immortalised in the Harry Potter franchise as Rubeus Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane is one of the best actors Scotland has ever produced. His loss has been felt immensely in the acting world since his passing late last year.

One of the most prominent supporters of the turbine steamer was Scots actor Robbie Coltrane who launched a fundraising campaign for restoration back in 2016 as well as selling personalised video messages as recent as a month before he passed away stating that it was his favourite Clyde steamer.

This fresh £1 million funding will be a huge boost and will be used to lift the existing timber decks of the vessel, with new steel decks fabricated and installed.

It is hoped that the steamship will again return to sailing the water by the summer of 2024 having been berthed at the entrance of Princes’ Dock at Glasgow’s Science Centre since 2016.

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