Charred pub is not sunk yet
From
KEN COATES
in London London’s famous floating pub. the Old Caledonia, which was gutted by fire at the week-end, may be restored to her former glory. A spokesman for her owners, the brewery firm, Bass-Charrington, said the company was certainly not planning to scuttle the former paddle-steamer, and it was highly likely she would be restored. “She is one of our flagships, and there would be a lot of unhappy people if we scrapped her,” he said. The Old Caledonia looked charred and sad, as she lay, listing slightly, where she has been moored near
Cleopatra’s Needle on the Victoria Embankment since 1971. Millions have visited her. Tourists staying at the nearby Savoy have always rated the ship pubrestaurant high on their sight-seeing list. She began life in 1934 as a paddle-steamer on the Clyde. She was - popular with Americans because she took United States Navy engineers and construction workers to Normandy to place floating harbours for the D-Day landings. She was armed during the war, and shot down two German planes over the Thames, and swept mines along the Thames and off the Isle of Wight.
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Press, 6 May 1980, Page 36
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