David Cragg wrote on 28/01/2010 : > A friend is interested in the old Medway Queen Paddle steamer. This went to > Dunkirk and used to do trips from Southend to Clacton across the Maplin Sands > (with lead in action) when I was a kid. Finally the hull rotted away and it > sank a few times. Now a society is rebuilding her with the old engines but > with an all new hull and interior works. There is a webcam of the drydock > they are using for the job. The interesting bit is that the new Queen will be > built using rivets. The first new ship to be built using them in 50 years > they say. As there was a rivet thread on here I thought you might like to > know. > have you got a link to the web cam? Brian
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