page_title: SS Shieldhall
section_title: Preservation
hierarchical_section_title: SS Shieldhall / Preservation
caption_attribution_description: SS Shieldhall moored at Custom House quay, en:Greenock. The red, white and black funnel behind her is of the PS Waverley. IMO Number: 5322752 MMSI Number: 232003964 Callsign: GNGE Length: 82 m Beam: 13 m Photograph by en:User:Dave souza, 4 August 2005, 17:10. Any re-use to contain this notice and to attribute the work to en:User:Dave souza at Wikipedia.
context_page_description: SS Shieldhall is a preserved steamship that operates from Southampton. She spent her working life as one of the "Clyde sludge boats", making regular trips from Shieldhall in Glasgow, Scotland, down the River Clyde and Firth of Clyde past the Isle of Arran, to dump treated sewage sludge at sea. These steamships had a tradition, dating back to the First World War, of taking organised parties of passengers on their trips during the summer. SS Shieldhall has been preserved and the accommodation is again being put to good use for cruises.
context_section_description: Due to rising fuel prices she was withdrawn from service in 1985, then was taken over by a preservation society, The Solent Steam Packet Limited, which operates as a charity. All work associated with the Society and Shieldhall is carried out by unpaid volunteers. The remaining Glasgow sludge boats kept going into the 1990s, when changing environmental standards led to new ways of treating the sludge.
  With work carried out mainly by volunteers she has been restored to sea-going condition, and now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, the Shieldhall is now a frequent sight around the Solent running excursions, crewed by volunteers. She has been to the Netherlands for the Dordrecht Steam Festival and has been at International Festivals of the Sea at Bristol and Portsmouth. Passengers are encouraged to visit the bridge and see the engine room, getting an understanding of the days of steam.
  In July 2005 the Shieldhall made a return visit to the Clyde, taking part in the River Festival in Glasgow, and berthing at Custom House Quay, Greenock. She made a number of excursions, taking passengers on cruises from Greenock on her old route down the Clyde to Arran.
  In 2012, to mark the centenary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, the Shieldhall was repainted in the same colour scheme as the liner.
  A £1.4 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) , announced in April 2013, is for essential hull works to meet modern regulations, improved passenger facilities and interpretation.
caption: SS Shieldhall moored at Custom House quay, Greenock in 2005.
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