Classic Mersey tug all set to pull in the Bank Holiday Monday Liverpool crowds

FOR a small ship, her maritime CV is impressively varied.
This is the veteran tugboat which has done it all from escorting the Royal Yacht Britannia in the Mersey to towing barges from Anglesey with stone to build Royal Seaforth Dock.
In between times, she pushed and pulled countless liners, warships freighters and tankers around the Mersey docks.Following retirement from port duties in 1989, the old Liverpool tug Brocklebank now boasts a very special accolade.She is the only seagoing vessel owned by a UK national museum.
Brocklebank sails around Britain’s coast as a floating ambassador for Merseyside Maritime Museum and has visited France, Ireland and Scotland via the Caledonian Canal.Her finest hour was probably representing Liverpool at the International Trafalgar Fleet Review in 2005.On this coming Bank Holiday Monday, the public will be able to enjoy the rare chance to tour the tug for free at her home berth in Albert Dock, Liverpool.This Merseyside maritime gem is the last operational example of a traditional tug built for this river.
Owned throughout her commercial life by the famous Alexandra Towing Co of Liverpool, Brocklebank was built in 1964 by WJ Yarwood & Sons Ltd, of Northwich, Cheshire.She was spectacularly launched sideways into the River Weaver and christened by the current Sir Aubrey Brocklebank’s mother, Pamela.
The 103ft long ship still has her original Crossley eight cylinder diesel engine to power her at 10 knots.
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