Fearless (tugboat)
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Fearless is a tugboat that beached at Cruickshank’s Corner in Port Adelaide, South Australia, at {{coord|34.84055|S|138.50259|E|display=inline,title}}
It was previously located in Birkenhead, South Australia, Australia.
She was built in Midland, Ontario, Canada in 1945 as the Rockwing, then renamed Tapline 2 (1948–49) and Abqaiq 3 (1949-1954). She received the name Fearless in 1954.{{cite web |title=ROCKWING |url=http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/vessel/view/005759 |website=Great Lakes Vessels Online Index |publisher=Bowling Green State University |accessdate=17 February 2019}}
Fearless was put up for sale in 1972 in Brisbane, Australia and bought by Keith LeLeu for $1. He sailed her to Port Adelaide in with a volunteer crew, taking nine days. Four months later LeLeu sold the ship, with other museum materials, to the National Trust of South Australia, again for $1. The collection was subsequently transferred to the History Trust of South Australia with the Fearless being transferred at a later date to a developer called Southern Sea Eagles.{{cite web |title=The Purchase of the Fearless |url=http://portadelaide.org/fearless-saved/ |publisher=Port Adelaide Historical Society |accessdate=16 February 2019}}{{cite web |title=Fearless |url=http://education.maritime.history.sa.gov.au/docs/students/Fearless.doc |publisher=South Australian Maritime Museum |accessdate=16 February 2019}}
In 2017, Fearless was one of the ships considered in a study funded by Renewal SA about "a strategy for berthing or locating historic ships and vessels within the inner harbour of Port Adelaide."{{Cite web|title = Port Adelaide Renewal Project, Historic Ships and Boats Strategy |url = https://ourport.com.au/content/uploads/2017/04/Port-Adelaide-Historic-Ships-and-Boats-Strategy-Report-2017.pdf |publisher=Prepared by Mulloway Studio for Renewal SA |date=15 March 2017|pages=1, 2, 5 & 16 |accessdate = 17 February 2019}}
And the ship was moved to Cruickshank's Corner in Port Adelaide.
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Category:Tugboats of Australia
Category:Proposed museum ships
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