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|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.<ref name=GL-index>{{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}}</ref> ''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.<ref name="PAHS">{{cite web |title=The Purchase of the Fearless |url=http://portadelaide.org/fearless-saved/ |publisher=Port Adelaide Historical Society |accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="SAMM">{{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 |archive-date=10 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310212805/http://education.maritime.history.sa.gov.au/docs/students/Fearless.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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."<ref name=strategy>{{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}}</ref>

And the ship was moved to Cruickshank's Corner in Port Adelaide.

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Tugboats of Australia]] [[Category:Tugboats of Canada]] [[Category:1945 ships]] [[Category:Proposed museum ships]]