The Ryelands (also named The Moby Dick), was built in England in 1887 and later came into the hands of the film industry in 1948 when

RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orphe ...

purchased it. The Ryelands was used in the 1950 film ''Treasure Island'', and was later sold to Elstree Studios for her part in the 1956 film ''Moby Dick''. It also starred in the TV series ''The Buccaneers'', before becoming a floating exhibit at

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

, England, where it was destroyed by fire in 1970.

References

External links

Ryelands page on Through Mighty Seas website

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