by teesships » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:10 pm
As is so often the case, the man-in-the-know is Derek Hinds, editor of the Teesside Branch WSS journal TEES PACKET - where he gets his information from, I just don't know!!!
In the forthcoming February 2019 issue of TEES PACKET he writes:
The world’s oldest surviving lifeboat has made its first journey for 55 years, temporarily leaving her home in
Redcar, to undergo a program of sympathetic conservation, preserving her structural integrity for generations to come.
As part of a project, six years in the planning, Redcar’s historic ZETLAND Lifeboat was loaded onto a Low Loader
provided by Richmond haulage company, G C S Johnson Ltd, and transported to AV Dawson Ltd on the banks of the
River Tees, where the conservation work will take place. Undertaken by respected Redcar boat builder, Tony Young, the
project, which is conservation rather than restoration, will be based on the survey and report of a marine surveyor
recommended by National Historic Ships UK. It will return to its boathouse at the ZETLAND Lifeboat Museum and
Redcar Heritage Centre, ready for when the venue reopens in Spring 2019.
Followed by details of her career.
A bit of a plug. Four copies of TEES PACKET (24 pages each) available through myself. £6.00 annual subscription for digital (emailed) copies; £12.00 per annum for paper copy by post (including digital copy if so requested). PM me as appropriate.
Ron