TS Kellington, River Tees
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TS Kellington, River Tees
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 12 Mar 2007
The Training Ship Kellington is a former minesweeper which was sold by the Navy to the local branch of the sea cadets in 1996 for £2,000 and has been permanently moored here on the Tees. The cadets must have thought they had a bargain. But caveat emptor, the ship has now been condemned as unsafe and is in real danger of sinking. Scrapping it will cost about £250,000 rising to £500,000 if it does sink. But nobody wants to pay for it. The cadets can't afford the amount involved and the MOD are denying responsibility.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.56515
Longitude
-1.308348