HMS President (1918): Difference between revisions

==Preservation==

''President'' had been permanently berthed in the [[River Thames]] on the Victoria Embankment in the [[City of London]] close to [[Blackfriars Millennium Pier]] since 1922. During 2016, however, she was moved to [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]<ref>[http://www.ybw.com/news-from-yachting-boating-world/final-effort-save-ww1-ship-hms-president-40334 final effort to save WWI ship] at yachting-boating-world.com; added August 2016</ref> to make way for the construction of the [[Thames Tideway Scheme|new Thames Tideway Tunnel]] (one of the access tunnels will enter from Temple Avenue, next to where the ship had been moored). Ownership was transferred to a charitable trust which launched a [[Crowdfunding|crowdfunding appeal]] to seek to raise funds for restoration;<ref>{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Nicola|title=Crowdfunding appeal to save historic HMS President from the scrapheap |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/renewed-battle-to-save-warship-national-treasure-from-the-287994/ |work=Kent Messenger |quote=Historic First World War ship HMS President 1918 famed for destroying enemy U-boats at risk of being scrapped |date=8 June 2023}}</ref> however grant applications submitted to the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]], the [[LIBOR]] fund and the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] were all unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Commons Debate 15/12/16: HMS President and Historic Warships |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2016-12-15a.1062.4 |website=TheyWorkForYou |access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref>

 

== See also ==