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MAHOGANY-hulled minesweeper with an uncertain future could be a tourist
attraction for Swansea, a former commander has said.
David
Evans, of Swansea Marina, said HMS Bronington — currently berthed at Birkenhead
— was once commanded by Prince Charles.
According
to news website Click Liverpool, the vessel faces the scrap yard. She had been
looked after by a preservation trust but it went into liquidation in 2006.
Martin
Heighton, director of National Historic Ships UK, told Click Liverpool that her
days were numbered unless someone came forward with a viable rescue plan.
Mr
Evans, who used to command minesweeper HMS St David, said maintaining her would
not be too onerous. "She would fit into the pontoon next to the (Helwick)
lightship," he said. "I would spearhead trying to get volunteers to
form a (maintenance) team."
Source: South Wales Evening Post. 7 April 2012
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