This tug boat, now registered in Guernsey was the official tug
to the Royal yacht "Britannia". Given the current
condition of the tug you would be forgiven for thinking that the wrong
ship was decommissioned.
However, the tug
was the first to be commissioned with the then latest Crossley(?)
gearbox. The tug was found in a dilapidated, sunken condition in the
Bristol channel and through a long, arduous and almost single-handed
labour it was saved and restored to it's present condition.
It
was berthed at Kinsale from 2001 to 2002 and received some help in
it's ongoing restoration from local and retired seagoing personnel.
In August 2002 it moved back to Southampton where it can be visited
at various ports.
"Golden
Cross "
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Cork , Ireland .