MV Fingal in Dazzle Camouflage at the Prince of Wales Dock Leith
The Northern Lighthouse Board's tender Fingal dates from 1963, the last vessel to be built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company, Glasgow. Although Leith registered, she was based in Oban and, after 1994, Stromness. Sold in 2000 to Tamahine Investments Ltd of Hong Kong and registered in London, she was renamed Windsor Castle. Later she was laid up on the river Fal in Cornwall but apparently well maintained by her then owner.
The ship has now been acquired by the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust, and arrived in Leith in August. She is to be converted into a hotel, scheduled to open in Spring 2016, and permanently moored adjacent to The Royal Yacht Britannia.
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MV Fingal in Dazzle Camouflage at the Prince of Wales Dock Leith
The Northern Lighthouse Board's tender Fingal dates from 1963, the last vessel to be built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company, Glasgow. Although Leith registered, she was based in Oban and, after 1994, Stromness. Sold in 2000 to Tamahine Investments Ltd of Hong Kong and registered in London, she was renamed Windsor Castle. Later she was laid up on the river Fal in Cornwall but apparently well maintained by her then owner.
The ship has now been acquired by the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust, and arrived in Leith in August. She is to be converted into a hotel, scheduled to open in Spring 2016, and permanently moored adjacent to The Royal Yacht Britannia.
www.captainsvoyage-forum.com/forum/windjammer-bar-maritim...