Ferry for auction
Published January 28th, 2006
A ferry that transported passengers and luggage onto the ill-fated Titanic, was sold for scrap metal and used as a restaurant may get one more life tomorrow when it goes on the auction block.The Nomadic, a 221ft ferry currently docked in the northwest port of Le Havre, will be put up for auction in Paris with a starting price of £172,000 (€250,000), the French Titanic Society said today. The vessel failed to sell on November 10 for £344,000 (€500,000).At least three buyers – an association from Belfast hoping to erect a Titanic memorial, a Monaco company and a French collector – are expected to bid for the ferry, the society said.On April 10, 1912, the Nomadic ferried 142 of 274 passengers from Cherbourg onto the Titanic for the fabled luxury liner’s ill-fated inaugural voyage. Five days later, the Titanic hit an iceberg and plunged into the Atlantic.
