The Steam TUG Cervia Preservation Trust

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE HISTORIC STEAM TUG CERVIA (NATIONAL HERITAGE SHIP NUMBER 5) AS A HERITAGE ASSET FOR THE BENEFIT AND ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BY:OPENING HER TO PUBLIC DISPLAY, EITHER AS A WORKING VESSEL IF SHE CAN BE MADE SEAWORTHY, OR OTHERWISE AS A STATIC DISPLAY IN HER PRESENT LOCATION AT RAMSGATE HARBOUR OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT. IN EITHER CASE FOR HER TO SERVE ALSO AS A MEMORIAL TO MARINERS IN THE SHIP TOWAGE INDUSTRY WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTY AND TO THOSE WHO DIED ABOARD HER WHEN SHE SANK OFF TILBURY LOCK IN 1954. OPENING CERVIA TO THE PUBLIC AT AGREED TIMES IN ORDER TO EDUCATE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SHIP TOWAGE, ENGINEERING AND STEAM TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CONTEXT. PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS TO LEARN AND PRACTISE ENGINEERING AND OTHER PRACTICAL SKILLS AND TO ASSIST IN CERVIA’S ONGOING PRESERVATION