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HMS President at the breakers at Erith today.
It appears work has begun with a small section removed from the bow

Photos by Fraser Gray

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@strandings_man @ZSLScience @BDMLR @TidewayScullers @OfficialZSL @ZSLMarine @BBCLondonNews Hi @strandings_man - Any cause of death or info yet?

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@BondCabdriver Barge BALFOUR

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The annual Thames Driving Race yesterday

Photos by Gordon Markley and Tomasz Brucki

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Sydney G at barge race

Photo by Marquis

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@GeraldM64883070 @ThamesBargeD @TowerBridge @artsTBW

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HMS President at Erith today - the first time her hull below the waterline has been seen in years

Photos by Krispen

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@Middletonfox Sadly both have been scrapped. Chrysanthemum in the 90s. Hms Saxifrage is the same vessel as HMS President

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Sad to see the HMS President (1918) arrive at the breakers yard at Erith this afternoon. She left her mooring in London in 2016 after being forced to vacate due to Thames Tideway Tunnel works and sat neglected in Chatham dock for the past 10 years

Photos by Fraser Gray

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Today is the annual Thames barge driving race from Greenwich to Westminster. Race starts at 1130

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GPS Iberia with HMS President approaching Erith

Photos by Krispen Atkinson and Anthony Laurent

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GPS Iberia with HMS President in tow for the breakers at Erith

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GPS Arcadia and GPS Iberia with HMS President leaving Chatham for Erith

Photos by Marquis

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GPS Arcadia and GPS Iberia with HMS President leaving Chatham for Erith

Photos by Marquis

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HMS President leaving chatham dock for Erith just now

Follow her progress on marine traffic using the tug GPS Iberia

Photo by Adrian

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GPS Iberia and GPS Arcadia have arrived in Chatham Dock for the departure of HMS President tomorrow morning

Photos by Adrian Hughes

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@GeoffreyWatson2 Built 1977. Sold to N.E Murray at Queenborough. Now lying sunk at Queenborough

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*UPDATE*

Hms President will be towed out of chatham dock to the breakers in Erith on Friday at 0500

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News this week reveals that HMS President is being forced to vacate her berth at Chatham Docks due to pressure from developers looking to build on the site. She is now due to be towed to Erith to be broken up

Campaigners are keen to save the vessel

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@GeoffreyWatson2 Golden salamander, Ferry Prince and Vita also

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News this week reveals that HMS President is being forced to vacate her berth at Chatham Docks due to pressure from developers looking to build on the site. She is now due to be towed to Erith to be broken up

Campaigners are keen to save the vessel