Lifeboats – Tower RNLI Pier end of an era – 24.01.2023
On Tuesday 24th January, 2023 the longest serving station pier has finally left her mooring where she has been since the opening of Victoria embankment in 1870. The superstructure has changed a few times but now it’s all change and upgrades. She will be still afloat BUT to be used by Thames Marine Services on […]
Preserved Ships – HQMS PRESIDENT (1918) – UK
One of the Preserved Ships that you find in the UK is HQMS PRESIDENT (1918). She’s permanently moored at the Victoria Embankment above Blackfriars Bridge in London at the River Thames. HMS SAXIFRAGE was launched in 1918 as a Flower Class anti-submarine Q Ship (Heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry used by the Royal […]
