Falls of Clyde is the only surviving iron-hulled four-masted full rigged ship and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world.  She was launched in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, for the Fall Line .  The ship was towed to Hawaii 1968 and opened as a museum in 1971.   In 2008, the Bishop Museum, which had control of the ship, was preparing to tow her out to sea and scuttle her.

In an attempt to save her, the Friends of Falls of Clyde, a tax-exempt group was formed and purchased the ship in September 2008.  They are currently working to raise funds to tow the ship to drydock at Kalaeloa by December 29th.

To learn more:  Friends of Falls of Clyde works to preserve a historic ship

Friends of Falls of Clyde website

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