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Sir Frederick Tug – Editors Pic

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Sir Frederick Tug

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Possibly the most famous of tugs to serve the Port of Port Elizabeth in the late 1800’s. Skippered by Captain A.C. Harding the Sir Frederick was involved in lots of salvage work and most famously in the attempt to solve the mystery of the Phantom Ship discovered by Harding and crew sailing along with lights ablaze but not a living soul aboard. After taking the ship under tow the cable snapped and the ship sank.

The Sir Frederick was also involved in the search for the Waratah – a large vessel that disappeared without a single trace off of the east coast.

At the close of her career the Sir Frederick was towed out and scuttled near Thunderbolt Rock.

This image is randomly selected from an ever growing repository of publicly available images taken in and around Port Elizabeth.

Many more Port Elizabeth images here.

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