Bay Harbour: March 20, 2024

Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 20 2024
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NEWS
Tug society
holds out
hope
• From page 1
“We really don’t want to
consider the fact we might not get
the funding,” said Bruce.
“We all believe we’re going to
have a breakthrough moment.”
The society is hopeful the tug
will receive the necessary funding
and refit within a year.
A givealittle page has been set
up to help crowdfund, but this
has only brought in small sums
to date.
Bruce said the tug will need
much larger grants to achieve its
funding goal.
Despite the challenges, it could
be years until the society calls it
quits on the tug as long as members
stay passionate and keep up
basic maintenance, said Bruce.
The preservation society’s
trained volunteers maintain the
tug at weekly sessions, which
Bruce said have a “phenomenal
turnout”.
The $300,000 refit is only the
start of a long-term plan for a
$1.5 million modernisation of the
vessel.
This would include a new
rear canopy, visual aids and
information for tour guests, and
an interior renovation to make the
tug more attractive for visitors.
THE LYTTELTON steam tug
has a 116-year-long history.
Built in 1907 by the Ferguson
Brothers firm in Glasgow, it came
to Lyttelton via the newly completed
Suez Canal. It served as
the port’s main tug until World
War 2.
Initially called Canterbury,
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ALL ABOARD: The Lyttelton tug has been used for harbour
cruises since it was retired in 1971.
its name was changed to
Lyttelton in 1911.
The vessel drew massive crowds
in 1913 when it tugged the
battlecruiser HMS New Zealand
into harbour, and again in 1920
when it assisted the battlecruiser
HMS Renown, which was
carrying King Edward VIII when
The tug was built in Glasgow in 1907 and was initially
called Canterbury. Below – boys from three children’s
homes on a Christmas harbour cruise in 1970.
Lyttelton’s long life well lived
he was Prince of Wales during
his tour of New Zealand.
In 1942, the tug was requisitioned
for service and armed by
the Royal New Zealand Navy.
She returned to normal port
service in 1944.
Following the introduction of
the new tug Canterbury, the tug
was retired in 1971.
A museum ship ever since,
it was leased for $2 a year to
the Tug Lyttelton Preservation
Society. In 1989, the society was
gifted full ownership of the tug
by the Lyttelton Harbour Board.
It has maintained it up to present
day, moored at Z wharf.
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