Renewal of the wood on the bulwark.

This year we are renewing some of the hull plates around the bow.

The new plating in place.

Cleaning out the boiler.

The bunkers have been emptied of their usual cargo of coal and the steelwork around their base is being renewed.

Two sterns on a slipway with the Tilbury/Gravesend ferry Duchess M minus her propeller and rudder in the background.

Cleaning the condenser.