Hundreds of people were stranded in the Scilly Isles after lifeline service ferry SCILLONIAN III was stopped by engine problems. © Søren Lund Hviid
Hundreds stranded in Scilly Isles by ferry breakdown
sep 02 2019
FerryA breakdown of the ferry maintaining lifeline services left several hundred people stranded in the Isles of Scilly for four days. Sailings from Penzance to St.Mary’s and back resumed by the 42-year-old veteran SCILLONIAN III on Sunday (1 September).
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