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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jess Molyneux & Elliott Ryder

Fateful sinking of Liverpool's iconic Yellow Duckmarines 10 years on

It's been ten years since Liverpool's famous Yellow Duckmarines took their last splash in the water.

From the early 2000s, it was one of the most popular and recognisable tourist attractions in Liverpool, turning heads whenever it embarked on its tours around the city. A day trip to town wouldn't be complete without a glimpse of the Duckmarine tours winding along the city streets, or theatrically dunking into the dock waters as it morphed into a waterbound vessel, the ECHO previously reported.

But its origins went back much further. Before their days as leisure cruisers operating on land and water - giving premier views of the Salt house, Wapping, Queens and Coburg Docks, and the Albert Dock - the Ducks were originally called DUKWs when created in the US to transport men and materials during World War II.

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