Just realised that the Blog does not have any pictures of the ship. It just concentrates on what has happened since the blog started a couple of weeks ago. So this blog will backtrack a bit with three pictures of the ship in it's berth at Trafalgar Wharf, Portchester, Portsmouth Harbour. Many bloggers will have visited the ship at Open Days, or between, but this is a reminder of what she looks like from the outside.
It will not be that long before we will have photos (DV) of the ship in the berth at Chidham. She is due to "sail" (towed actually) from Portchester to Chidham on 5th November, no doubt accompanied by fireworks after safe arrival! The "Gerald Daniel" will be decommissioned on 2nd October with well over 100 old timers to say goodbye and the departure is scheduled for 8th October. Latest plans are to have her towed to the Thames, to Chelsea just downstream from the Albert bridge. She will be on a mooring between two buoys. We have secured a last minute buyer to save her from an ignamonious end of being broken up. There are one or two hurdles to jump yet to ensure that the buyer comes through with the payments due, so to those who believe in prayer, keep praying!
Next blog will be back to the fitting out.
David Edwards Project Manager
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