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© Photo Crecit DRB Marine Ltd ( Rosneath )
Used Only For Maritime Interests
Engagement 7,000+
Since Broken Up by DRB Rosneath GB Nov 2013
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Looking battered Alongside Rosneath Jetty
The Clydebuilt 1955 veteran Rescue Tug ‘Golden Cross’ is looking in a very sad state lying alongside the Rosneath Jetty and was to be her final destination as she was subsequently Broken Up in-situ.
She had arrived from the 650-mile voyage from Falmouth into the Holy Loch and anchored. She broke her moorings and drifted onto a sandbank near Ardentinny. Taken in hand by the Admiralty tug ‘SD Resourceful’ and towed ashore to be beached as she was in real danger of sinking because of her very poor condition.
VESSEL BUILDER
Built in Bowling Clyde GB 1955 by Scotts Shipyard
OPERATORS
TEES TOWAGE > 1955-1968 ( 13 Years )
NEWPORT SCREW TOWING > 1968-1971 ( 3 Years )
CORY TOWING 1971-1972 > ( 1 Year )
A.C CRANES (DUBLIN) > 1972-1978 > ( 6 Years )
CARMET TOWING > 1978-1991 > ( 13 Years )
TYNE TOWAGE > 1991-1994 > ( 3 Years )
LAWRENCE of LONDON > 1994
‘Escort Tug’ to HMY BRITANNIA on her final voyage.
Sold to Pounds Shipbreakers Portsmouth for Breaking
Rescued by actress Suzie Wong & Captain White in 1996
Reclassified as a Yacht with towing gear removed accepted as a member of the RAF Yacht Club and received permission to fly the Blue Ensign
Last owners were "The Golden Cross Project" in 2012
She was found drifting from her moorings near Ardentinny Argyll in May 2013. There was to be no survival for her this time
Naming History
1968 DUNHERON
1977 ORCA
Posted by Photos By Dave Forbes on 2016-01-29 17:41:17
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