British pilot vessel restored in Poland

[polsteam]

British pilot vessel Bembridge after a year of repairs and restoration is ready for use as offices of company, which bought it.

http://www.24kurier.pl/Aktualnosci/Szczecin/Bembridge-przy-Egipskim

http://www.bembridge.pl/

[Allan RO]

Hi Polsteam

Looks like they have done a very good restoration job.   Their search for authentic parts was well documented on Ships Nostalgia website.   I photographed her in Szczecin in April last year and she certainly needed a lot of work.   I did post pics of her, but someone moved them to an incorrect category so I wiped them !!

Allan

[Rafal Zahorski]

Hello Allan, hello Polsteam,  - I just placed 4 new pictures of Bembridge here - just place Bembridge in search machine. Now you can see how she looks today. A ... she has got a beautiful wooden deck now.

Best greeting Rafal

[Allan RO]

Hi Rafal

She looks simply stunning - what a wonderful job you have done with her, a great improvement since I saw her in April last year. (I deleted my pictures because they were moved to an incorrect category and I cant abide someone making me look a fool !!).    I hope she gives you years of good service and  that you enjoy your time on her.

Allan

[Rafal Zahorski]

Hello Allan, great thanks my friends. great thanks. We are tying our best.

Soon her pilot boarding boats will come back on her deck. Both with working engines. Both born in 1960.

Please look at ship's nostalgia just here:
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=24193&page=27

and to www.bembridge.pl

best greeting Rafal

[John Jones]

Rafal,

Congratulations on such a wonderful restoration of the Bembridge, which I have seen for many years in this country and indeed watched her being towed out of the Thames. I never would have believed she could look so good again. Great work!

Regards
John J.

[Rafal Zahorski]

Hello John, thanks, yes all of us both in Poland but in UK are very proud. We in Poland are working with her body but in UK many guys are helping us to restore her history, to find pictures, documents and the like. We are slowly receiving back many elements of her equipment taken from her by many years. Most in 1972. But we have many interesting things even her Marconi Radio and original charts used by Trinity House taken in 1972. For about 2 months her bridge will be fully equipped. Still many elements are missing but we know who have them. So we are really full of optimism.

If you like to know more please visit her www but the best place is ship's nostalgia as you know.

Best greeting Rafal

[Rafal Zahorski]

Hello to all of you,

Here is the best last visualization of THPV Bembridge - there are 4 professional panoramas there - to migrate from one to another please click on 3 arrows visible on the first panorama.

Please look at the new deck and two (just returned) Pilot Boarding Boats - it taken 1 year to restore them - they are 1960 & 1961 with working original Patter engines in the same age.

THPV Bembridge is here:

http://www.go360.pl/bembridge/

Best greeting Rafal