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following September it is likely that other commercial work
would have been found for the smaller tug but as things
turned out, the Royal New Zealand Navy was glad of
the Lyttelton's availability to undertake boarding and other
duties. For these duties she was equipped with the ability
to drop depth charges, and was armed with a canon and
machine gun (which was subsequently lost overboard!). She
was also required to take mines to Akaroa.
When hostilities came to an end, the Lyttelton was re-fitted
and returned to her owners who had retained control of the
larger Lyttelton II.The latter could handle the work available
with relative ease, and in 1970 the little Lyttelton was laid up,
with the prospect of a one-way trip to the scrapyard looking
more and more of a certainty. Inevitably, alternative 'uses' for
the tug were sought, particularly by Captain Champion, a
member of the Harbour Board who had particular regard
for the old tug and he opened discussions with Ferrymead
Historic Park where it was thought it might be possible to
display the tug ashore.
Local marine surveyor Dick Musson was less than
happy when he learned of this suggestion and expressed
his concerns to his friend John Goldsworthy. They were
hoping it might be possible to put together a group of
like-minded people to preserve the Lyttelton afloat. The
Harbour Board was approached but expressed great
doubt that such a group could raise the $19,000 which,
it estimated, was the minimum sum required to return
the tug to a full seaworthy state. Dick Musson who had
surveyed it on a number of occasions in his professional
capacity, was of the opinion that the required figure
could in reality be much less if volunteer labour was
available. However, the Harbour Board chose Ferrymead's
proposals and the latter then worked on the logistics, and
the associated costs, of getting the vessel ashore. That task,
which would include the removal and replacement
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