Last push made to save veteran minesweeper HMS Bronington - 'Prince Charles' warship'Pelican wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:29 pm Plans drawn up to save historic warship HMS Bronington from Birkenhead dock
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Enthusiasts are staging a final bid to save ‘Prince Charles’ warship’ HMS Bronington.
The minesweeper, which was commanded by the-then Lieutenant Wales for ten months in 1976, sank at her mooring on Merseyside six years ago.
The recently-formed HMS Bronington Preservation Trust Ltd believes there is a last chance to save the ship – now nearly 70 years old – before the elements finally take their toll.
It’s looking to raise around £5,000 for a dive survey – the first stage in a grand plan to raise Bronington, pump-out the flood water and then turn her into a working ship once more through continued fund-raising, sponsorship and grants.
The trust wants to see the wooden-hulled ship used to deliver yachting and diving courses, teach navigation, be hired for fishing/diving trips, filming, and used by Sea Cadets and the Prince’s Trust.
If those goals prove too much due to cost and unavailability of equipment, then Bronington would revert to becoming a static display alongside or in a dry dock, open to the public, similar to her successful years as a museum ship on the Manchester Ship Canal.
World-famous Merseyside shipbuilder Cammell Laird has agreed to take Bronington into their dry dock for restoration under their apprenticeship scheme in stages if the funding can be found.
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