Audela - The final vessel to be built at
Berwick Shipyard.
Launched in April 1979, the 120 foot steel schooner Audela was one of the biggest vessels ever to be built on the Tweed. It would also be the last
and one of only two vessels built during the time when the shipyard operated as 'Tweed Yard Ltd.', the other being the West Indies ferry Grenadines
Star.
The pictures below show the vessel at various stages of construction. After launch, Audela was towed across the river for fitting out in the Tweed
Dock before undergoing sea trials. The vessels time in the dock was not uneventful. On on occasion the vessel settled on the bottom at low tide
causing it to literally 'keel over' leaving workers to scramble to safety. Fortunately no damage was caused or serious injuries sustained and the
vessel was righted and refloated at the next tide.
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