Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Coinciding with our latest local fund raising effort employing Dance to France , we have finally been given leave to make a Heritage Lottery application which we are currently fully engaged in producing. Believe me as Gary C will tell you it is a consuming task - a bit like learning a new language. This has encouraged the Fife based salvage operator Briggs Marine to take up the challenge,travel to Middlesbrough and inspect the vessel for us. This they have done F.O.C. and have worked up a quotation for refloating 'Dover' ready for docking at a nearby Teesside facility. This costing we are using in our lottery bid.Our proposed dry dock belongs to A&P Marine who have promised to assist as long as the funding is in position. We have also been contacted by Princes Charities who have been advising on routes for an apprenticeship scheme. The River Tees users association are backing us in principle and several of their members have been giving us invaluable assistance. These include Able UK who own the mooring she is sunk at. To say the least ,they have been patient - the good will they have shown us has been brilliant, especially as they are the UK's leading state of the art shipbreakers! Currently they are shortlisted to dismantle 'Costa Concordia'.
Now we have professional recovery assistance in the frame-our potential insurers have at last agreed to come up with a quote-which we await with trepidation! Looking ahead a little,we have already made contact with Siemens Turbines (who operate on the former Parsons site at Wallsend )who have in principle agreed to look at reconditioning our turbines in the form of an apprenticeship scheme- when the time comes.
We are certainly not out of the woods yet-but the TSS Dover team are moving forward and learning all the time-and believe me we need to be!
Never give up...
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
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thanks for the update richard i had feared the worst for the project.
we spoke in pencester gardens the september before last and you said then that there were many hurdles to overcome.
Guest 1694- Registered: 24 Feb 2016
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#3
All really good news Richard. Lots more to do and will help where I can. Unfortunately Tuesday evenings are, as you know, difficult due to other commitments.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
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What a nice positive post Richard, I certainly hope you get the help and money you so badly need.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#5
Congratulations on your stamina Richard. Keep at it.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#6
Stamina indeed Peter - that and good luck.
Onwards and Upwards Richard.
Roger