Tattershall Castle refit

摘要

Former Humber passenger and car ferry Tattershall Castle closed in January and was towed from London to Hull to go into dry dock for a £1.5 million refit. The 1934-built paddle steamer is due to return to the Thames in April to reopen as a pub in her long-established berth on Victoria Embankment, just upstream of Hungerford Bridge. Tattershall Castle, built with sister Wingfield Castle, now restored and open to the public as part of a maritime heritage centre on the West Hartlepool site of original builders Sir William Cray and Co, was withdrawn from the Humber service in 1971 and, although bought the following year, it was 1976 before she opened in London as an art gallery and exhibition centre.