A woman who sold her house to buy a boat which then sank said she "won't give up on her" as it was today brought to the surface of Canning Dock.
Today Canning Dock was drained until it was barely 1m full as part of a rescue operation to save the France-Hayhurst, a historic tugboat which sunk in the dock at the very beginning of the year. The boat was once a mainstay on the Royal Albert Dock where it floated for over a decade.
The operation to rescue the boat involved draining the dock, before loosening the boat off the floor and then re-flooding the dock, and raising the boat before towing it away to a ship yard. Owner Cathy Roberts, who bought the boat after selling her house in 2005, intends to restore it to its former glory.
