Cammell Laird celebrates launch of £200m research vessel
Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird has celebrated the launch of the £200m polar research ship, Sir David Attenborough.
The 92-year-old broadcaster launched the eponymous vessel when the hull of the 10,000-tonne ship slipped into the Mersey on Saturday afternoon.
He declared the occasion "the greatest possible honour" to be its namesake.
To applause from onlookers on both sides of the river the vessel created a huge wave as it slid, stern first, into the water, shepherded by four waiting tug boats.
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