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Seen at Portsmouth on the 24 August 1979, the FELICITY class water tractor RMAS HELEN alongside an unknown sister ship, with the unknown DIRECTOR class paddle tug in the background. The paddle tug has had the name plates removed from the paddle boxes. The three tugs at Portsmouth at this period were RMAS FORCEFUL, RMAS GRINDER and RMAS GRIPPER.

FG86

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I Think by 1979 Griper and Grinder had gone. I believe Forceful was the last operational paddler at Portsmouth decommissioning December 1980 (collision on with Agile during last operational task) with Faithful retiring form Devonport.
 

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Helen, currently advertised for sale at £55,000 on the Maritime Solutions website.
 

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