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A few examples of press coverage.
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Tug
gets Hollywood treatment
Competitors
in the dredging, workboat,
tug
and salvage world joined forces to
assist
a Hollywood actress in her mission to
save
a historic tugboat, and see the vessel
deployed
to carry a Safety at Sea message
to
the maritime world.
Actress
and martial arts stunt co-ordinator,
Suzie
Wong (Man With The Golden Gun,
Full
Metal Jacket, Miss Saigon) and a group
of
volunteers are embarking on a project
that
will guarantee the restoration of famous
historic
Clyde-built tugboat HMRT Golden
Cross,
the vessel that assisted the Royal Yacht
Britannia
on its fi rst overseas departure
in
1956, and was invited by Buckingham
Palace
to act as sole offi cial escort to HMY
Britannia
on Royal Yacht’s farewell
voyage.
SMD
of Newcastle on Tyne, MacDuff
Ship
Design, Aeolus Wind Power, Offshore
Ship
Design, Pramac Generators, Svitzer
Marine
and a host of smaller Scottish marine
contractors,
are just a few of the companies
involved
with the project.
Donald
Cameron, MacDuff Ship Design,
said:
“Saving maritime heritage is no easy
task,
but this non-profi t making exercise is
designed
not only to restore a famous Clydebuilt
historic
tugboat to her former glory,
but
allows her to take up a community role
of
promoting Safety at Sea to commercial
marine
operators and leisure craft users in
Scotland
whilst highlighting the achievements
of
[the] Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, HM
Coastguard
and Mountain Rescue.”
The
next two years will also see Golden
Cross
holding functions and presenting
displays
at high-profi le locations to
encourage
trade and exports, with various
guests
involved in areas such as in defence,
offshore,
oil & gas, maritime, engineering
and
alternative energy sectors attending.
Golden
Cross is now the last operational
vessel
of its class in the world and is
still
powered by its original Crossley of
Manchester
four-cylinder, two-stroke, 882hp
main
diesel engine.
Supported
by Scottish Government, cabinet
secretary
for Culture & External Affairs,
Fiona
Hyslop, the fi rst function, hosted by
Whyte
& Mackay, is scheduled for the end
of
April alongside the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Glasgow
(SECC) pontoon on the Clyde.
Furious
at so many Scottish coastguard
station
closures and reductions in search and
rescue
services in the UK, Wong also intends
for
her vessel to be used to carry a Safety at
Sea
message to commercial marine operators
and
leisure craft users.
Wong
said: “So much local knowledge
will
be lost as local coastguard stations
close.
With Scotland being at the forefront of
new
wind, wave and tidal projects, together
with
the country’s close links to oil & gas
production,
you would have thought that
search
and rescue services that are already
hard
pressed would have escaped budget cuts
instigated
by London politicians.”
Supplied with kind permission of
the ABR Company Ltd, publishers
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HAMPSHIRE – WINCHESTER PRESS 15
September 2011
Ship
saved
When
Winchester marine
communications
company Standard
Horizon
at Sun Valley Business Park
learnt
that the famous historic rescue
tug
‘Golden Cross’ had been broken
into
and various items had been stolen,
General
Manager , Dean Croome and
his
colleague Adie Collins immediately
stepped
in to assist.
Standard
Horizon donated state of the art
replacement
VHF fixed & handheld radio
equipment
to the vessel currently berthed
in
Cornwall.
Adie
Collins said, “We were aware that
volunteers
were restoring one of Britain’s
first
diesel-geared tugs and that the
Switzer
Group were due to tow the vessel
to
the Western Isles where the Scottish
Government
were backing this non-profit
making
project to save the tug and see her
take
on a community role of promoting
Safety
at Sea to commercial marine
operators
and leisure craft users. Without
radio
equipment, the tow could not have
taken
place.”
General
Manager, Dean Croome
commented,
“Over past years, the ‘Golden
Cross’
, crewed by Suzie’s unpaid
volunteers,
has achieved a remarkable
record
of highlighting the sterling work of
RAF
& Royal Navy Search & Rescue:
taking
a Safety at Sea message to a wide
audience
of old and young alike. Now
equipped
with our VHF radio equipment, I
am
sure she will have ‘a safe passage &
following
seas’.
Project
Website:
http://www.defenseinteractionintelligenceagency.
org/
Community
Projects.html
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LHR
Marine Support Project Golden Cross
Tuesday,
Sep 27, 2011
Marine Safety is a key concern for LHR Marine, therefore they are
delighted to announce their sponsorship of Project Golden Cross.
Saving maritime heritage is no easy task but this non-profit making
exercise is designed – not only to restore a famous Clyde-built historic
tugboat to her former glory – but allow her to take up a community role of
promoting Safety at Sea to commercial marine operators and leisure craft
users in Scotland whilst highlighting the achievements of Royal Navy, Royal
Air Force, HM Coastguard and Mountain Rescue.
With
assistance from the Scottish Government, 2012/13 will also see Golden Cross
holding functions and presenting displays at high profile locations to
encourage trade & exports: home and overseas guests with an interest in
defence, offshore, oil and gas, maritime, engineering and alternative
energy sectors attending. The Golden Cross is now the last
operational vessel of her class in the world and is still powered by her
original Crossley of Manchester 4 cylinder 2 stroke 882hp main diesel
engine.
On
the back of this announcement; The Defence Interaction Intelligence Agency
(DIIA) has produced a special report entitled: A Special Report on Mooring, Marine & Offshore Safety
Equipment.
LHR Marine’s reputation for selling Mooring Equipment is well known internationally and they also
represent top quality manufacturers of: Working at Height Equipment, Marine Safety Products, Anti-Slip Solutions, Lifting & Handling Equipment, Workwear,
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE),
and Industrial Supplies. LHR
Marine’s recent successes include global agreements with major
subsea shipping companies and international mooring companies which have
been established from their service provision for over the last ten years
from Aberdeen, Scotland and Perth, Australia.
Pasted from <http://www.yourshipbuildingnews.com/news_item.php?newsID=68817>
Hollywood
Rescue
Oil & Gas / Aberdeen newspaper / Shiptalk/ Your Subsea News
October
19th, 2011 |
Following
support from LHR Marine of Aberdeen, Offshore Ship Designers of
Montrose and Oil & Gas, Marine & Scientific giant SMD of Newcastle,
Hollywood actress Suzie Wong, has managed to save the historic Scots tug
‘Golden Cross’ – one of the world’s first diesel-geared tugs. The vessel was successfully returned to the
Clyde after 56 years as she berthed at Holy Loch Marina. The 62 hour
passage from Cornwall to the Clyde was completed in record time. The
‘Golden Cross’ was assisted en route by the state of the art 33 meter long
433 ton tug ‘Ormseby Cross’ joining the Svitzer fleet at Port Glasgow.
The
‘Golden Cross’ was launched at Bowling by Scott & Sons in 1955. She was
immediately dispatched to Middlesborough in time to assist the then new
Royal Yacht Britannia on her 1st Overseas Departure from a British port
(1956). In 1996, the tug was found abandoned in a navy yard and was rescued
by Oriental actress & martial arts expert Nancy Kwan who became
famous in her role as Suzie Wong.
The
following year, at the invitation of Buckingham Palace, ‘Golden Cross’ went
back on duty to act as sole Official Escort to HMY Britannia on the Royal
Yacht’s Final Farewell Voyage (Pool of London / Portsmouth) prior to
decommission. Although the main engine of ‘Golden Cross’ is fully
operational – one of the last working examples of a Crossley of Manchester
4 cylinder 2 stroke diesel, it was felt that a 500 mile sea journey under
her own power would not be advisable until a full maintenance program had
taken place. The tug had been moored on buoys in Cornwall for three years
following a five year role visiting ports and events throughout the UK
& Europe highlighting RAF, RN & HM Coastguard rescue operations.
Captain
‘Jeb’ Jevens of Golden Cross said, “I would like to thank Svitzer captains
Mark & Steve of ‘Ormseby Cross’ on a very professional operation
-especially taking into consideration the heavy swell and sea state off
Lands End and visibility dropping to zero in very thick fog from the
Bristol Channel to Stranraer.”
He
went on to say, “Normal sea duties for my volunteer crew from Argyll &
Bute were made more difficult by the fact that to ensure ongoing
warning signals were sounded every 2 minutes, the ship’s 1950′s
generator & compressor had to be continuously working throughout the
voyage to maintain air tank pressures for the ship’s rather ancient fog
horn. Thankfully, Standard Horizon had fitted the latest radio equipment in
the bridge for the passage.”
Alba
Sailing of Oban provided the ‘Golden Cross’ with essential life rafts and
safety equipment for the long passage and without these, the tow could not
have taken place. Whyte & Mackay & Tunnocks have also joined local
Scots sponsors WindowPlus & Waterside Properties on this project to
save the vessel. Holy Loch marina were helpful by offering her a temporary
home while her own permanent mooring in Loch Long is organized. Aeolus
Windpower also assisted.
In
the coming months, restoration of the vessel will continue and plans
finalized for her role to assist the local community during 2012/13
promoting maritime safety and products linked to the marine environment,
sub-sea engineering, O&G and alternative energy. With threatened
closure of many coastguard stations including the Clyde & Firth of
Forth, there couldn’t be a better time for ‘Golden Cross’ to take up a role
of highlighting Safety at Sea to commercial and leisure craft users.
Fyona
Hyslop, MSP. Cabinet Secretary for Culture & External Affairs has
kindly backed the non-profit making Project Golden Cross and it is hoped
that the ship will go on show at the Crowne Plaza Glasgow in 2012 to
highlight Scots products and services to overseas politicians, busnessmen
& women.
Actress
Suzie Wong commented, “I am amazed at the generosity of marine, sub-sea and
O&G companies that have stepped forward to save this small but
important part of Scots maritime heritage – especially at a time when
companies are having to deal with an ongoing recession.”
It
would seem that following this support, the Golden Cross is heading into
‘fair winds & following seas’.
For
further information: http://www.defense-interaction-intelligence-agency.org/CommunityProjects.html
Pasted from <http://www.shiptalk.com/?p=10186>
Also published in:
shippingreporter.com
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