Fearless (tugboat)

Fearless is a tugboat that beached at Cruickshank’s Corner in Port Adelaide, South Australia, at 34.84055°S 138.50259°E / -34.84055; 138.50259

Fearless
History
Canada
Name	Rockwing (1945 - 1947)
Builder	Midlands Shipyards Ltd
Launched	May 1945
History
Saudi Arabia
Name	Abqaiq 3[1]
Owner	Arabian-American Oil Co., Ltd
In service	1949
Out of service	1954
History
Australia
Name	Fearless (1954 - current)
Owner	William & Co. Pty., Ltd.[1] Queensland Tug Co. Pty. Ltd (1954-1972)[1] K.J. Le Leu (1972)[1] Austbuilt Maritime Museum (1972 - 1973)[1] National Trust of South Australia[1][2] History Trust of South Australia[1][2] Southern Sea Eagles [1][2]
In service	1954
Out of service	1982
General characteristics
Tonnage	Gross tonnage (GT) of 249[1]
Length	113 feet (34 m)[1]
Beam	30 feet (9.1 m)[1]
Depth	12.42 feet (3.79 m)[1]
Propulsion	Triple Expansion steam engine cylinders[3]

It was previously located in Birkenhead, South Australia, 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, Australia and bought by Keith LeLeu for $1. He sailed her to Port Adelaide in with a volunteer crew, taking nine days. Four months later LeLeu sold the ship, with other museum materials, to the National Trust of South Australia, again for $1. The collection was subsequently transferred to the History Trust of South Australia with the Fearless being transferred at a later date to a developer called Southern Sea Eagles.[2][3]

In 2017, Fearless was one of the ships considered in a study funded by Renewal SA about "a strategy for berthing or locating historic ships and vessels within the inner harbour of Port Adelaide."[4]

And the ship was moved to Cruickshank's Corner in Port Adelaide.