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Tug assisted 146 year old square rigger to scuttling site
The 'Tiger 7' was one of two tugs assisting in moving the sailing vessel 'Falls of Clyde' from Honolulu on behalft of the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) and contractor Shipwright LLC on Oct 15, 2025, and completed the ocean disposal of the vessel 25 nautical miles south of Oahu, where the last four-masted, iron-hulled sailing ship in the world went down stern first. At sunrise the vessel was towed from its berth at Pier 7. Around noon the operation was completed as planned. The project had mobilized nearly 100 O‘ahu businesses and vendors, demonstrating strong local collaboration and expertise. The operation also benefited from specialized coral salvage support provided by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) ‘Ānuenue Coral Nursery and Fisheries Research Center. On Oct 14, the Friends of Falls of Clyde had conducted a small send-off ceremony for the vessel ahead of the removal from the port. HDOT continued to work with the organization to memorialize the vessel in a permanent display that will feature key artifacts including the vessel’s name board, wheel and bell. Other artifacts removed from the vessel have been transferred to the National Park Service and will be displayed at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. Some of the rigging tools from Falls of Clyde will be used for the maintenance of the 'Balclutha', a three-masted square-rigged Scottish-built ship moored at the park. The HDOT extended it appreciation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard for its guidance through the regulatory process for the operation. The 'Falls of Clyde' was the last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, and the only remaining sail-driven oil tanker. She was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1989, but deregistered in 2024 due to her condition. The 'Falls of Clyde', built in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, and named after a waterfall, had ties to Hawaii as a Matson transport ship, and was also a floating museum that, in its heyday, hosted school field trips, birthday celebrations and weddings. The nonprofit Friends of the Falls of Clyde, which took ownership of the ship in 2008 after it had suffered years of neglect, made numerous attempts to save it, at one point in partnership with a Scotland-based group that envisioned transporting it back to its birthplace for restoration. The Falls of Clyde would have been 147 years old in December. Reports with photos and video: https://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2025/10/15/falls-of-clyde-removed-from-honolulu-harbor/ https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/15/breaking-news/historic-falls-of-clyde-towed-out-to-sea-to-be-sunk/ https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/15/historic-falls-clyde-be-scuttled-somber-goodbye-honolulu/ https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/16/gone-not-forgotten-historic-falls-clyde-ship-removed-honolulu-harbor-disposed-sea/
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