PHOTOS & VIDEO: The SS Freshspring arrives on the River Torridge -
This story was in West country newspaper Western Morning News Tuesday 24th Oct. Can't find the article online but was in North Devon Gazette Sept 2017.
What a contrast compared with how Planet Lightship was treated. Both vessels roughly same length.
S.S. Freshspring ws ex RFA vessel built 1946 coal fired and later converted. Freshwater was based in Malta originally. She is now being restored.
There are several youtubes about her, including engine room tour, that can be googled
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/h...idge-1-4707706