KINGSWEAR CASTLE WINTER REFIT 2006/2007
Renewal of the wood on the bulwark.
The new plating in place.
This year we are renewing some of the hull plates around the bow.
Daniel Smith cleaning out the boiler.
The bunkers have been emptied of their usual cargo of coal and the steelwork around their base is being renewed.
Two sterns on a slipway with the Tilbury/Gravesend ferry Duchess M minus her propeller and rudder in the background.
Gerry Abrahams pointing a hose through one of the condenser tubes to clean it out.
Daniel Smith collecting the dirty water at the other end.