A source states GPS Marine have purchased MERSINA & RECRUIT and the pair are due to be taken to Chatham at some point today.   The pair have been out of service since late last year after a collision involving a ship at Gravesend which in turn damaged RECRUIT.    MERSINA is due to enter service with GPS Marine , however RECRUITS fate is unknown and the damage caused by the ship said to be quite serious and below the waterline.    A rumour states that RECRUIT’s engine may have already been sold and the tug maybe broken up at Chatham which would be a terrible shame and another historic tug lost on the Thames if the case.

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                                 MERSINA & RECRUIT in Jan 2013 – Photo John White
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                              Various photos taken onboard MERSINA prior to sale