Such A Shame

“The Compton Castle is a popular sight in Truro seen by shoppers crossing Lemon Quay, you get a better view from the first floor of M&S in the cafeteria.
“She was built in 1914 by Cox & Co. of Falmouth, and completed in 1914 for the River Dart Steamboat Co. She was the first Dart steamer to have wide, extended decks over the elongated sponsons and an elevated deck over the aft well deck, and had an open navigating platform, which was enclosed as a wheelhouse in the 1920s.
In the Second World War, she was requisitioned as a naval ammunition carrier on the River Dart.

Her peacetime sailings on the Dart resumed in 1947 and continued until 1962. In 1964 she was sold to Baume & Woods of Kingsbridge and restored for use as a teashop and museum. Later, after a change in ownership, she was moved to Truro for use as a floating restaurant.

Sadly Truro City Council and Truro Harbour Commissioners are exploring disposal options since she sank at her moorings in May 2023. She now rests on the bottom and floods at each high tide making it likely that she will be broken up where she is and disposed of as scrap.

Elsewhere my VW Polo went in for a full service today, there’s a couple of faults and I don’t expect the bill to be cheap but better than looking for a replacement.