Fearless (tugboat)

History
Fearless
Australia
Name:	Rockwing (1945 - 1947) Tapline 2 (1948 - 1949) Abqaiq 3 (1949 - 1954) Fearless (1954 - current)
Owner:	National Trust of South Australia
Builder:	Midlands Shipyards Ltd
Launched:	May 1945
General characteristics
Tonnage:	Gross tonnage (GT) of 249
Length:	36 m (118 ft)
Propulsion:	Triple Expansion steam engine cylinders

Fearless is a tugboat that is located in Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, Australia.

She was built in Midland, Ontario, Canada in 1945 as the Rockwing, then renamed Tapline 2 (1948-49) and Abqaiq 3 (1949-1954). She received the name Fearless in 1954.^[1]

Fearless was put up for sale in 1972 in Brisbane and bought by Mr Keith LeLeu for $1. He sailed her to Adelaide with a volunteer crew, taking nine days. Four months later LeLeu sold the ship, with other museum materials, to the National Trust of Australia, again for $1.^[2]

References

Port Adelaide landmarks

Buildings / structures	Port Adelaide Lighthouse Hart's Mill Fishermen's Wharf Market Port Adelaide Workers Memorial

Cultural institutions	National Railway Museum South Australian Aviation Museum South Australian Maritime Museum Torrens Island Concentration Camp

Sport	Alberton Oval / Port Adelaide Football Club

Ships and vessels	City of Adelaide Falie Fearless MV Nelcebee One and All Yelta

Beaches and islands	Port River Semaphore Torrens Island

Pubs/Hotels	Birkenhead Riverview Tavern (1877) The British Hotel (1847) Dockside Tavern (1850) First Commercial Inn (1841) Newmarket Hotel (1879) Port Anchor Hotel (1873) Port Dock Brewery Hotel (1855) Railway Hotel (1856) Royal Arms Hotel (1878) The Lighthouse Hotel (1857) Largs Pier Hotel (1882) Glanville Hotel (1865) Lord Exmouth Hotel (1859)

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