evidence found to suggest that squatters had been living on board. Also found on board were various items of drug paraphernalia. The campaign to return to Merseyside On Saturday, 20 February 2010, the Liverpool Echo carried an article about an unnamed Wirral businessman who wished to purchase her. On Thursday, 4 March 2010, the Liverpool Echo carried an article about an online petition to have her returned to Merseyside On Tuesday, 9 March 2010, James Jegede, the current owner of Royal Iris, spoke to BBC Radio Merseyside about his plans. In 2014, Royal Iris was still settled on the mudbank with a hole in her lower side. The cost of taking the vessel back to Merseyside was estimated to be a significant six figure sum, and, according to a local Member of Parliament, was unlikely to go ahead. 2019 - still moored at her berth at Woolwich and increasingly derelict. July 2020, seen in background of Tony Robinson's programme "Britain's Greatest River" during delivery of Selina tunnelling machine to Chambers Wharf. Gallery See also List of ships built by William Denny and Brothers References Mersey Ferries 1950 ships Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels