Fearless is a tugboat that beached at Cruickshank’s Corner in

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, at It was previously located in

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, Australia. She was built in Midland,

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, Canada in 1945 as the ''Rockwing'', then renamed ''Tapline 2'' (1948–49) and ''Abqaiq 3'' (1949-1954). She received the name ''Fearless'' in 1954. ''Fearless'' was put up for sale in 1972 in

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and bought by Keith LeLeu for $1. He sailed her to

in with a volunteer crew, taking nine days. Four months later LeLeu sold the ship, with other museum materials, to the

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, again for $1. The collection was subsequently transferred to the

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with the ''Fearless'' being transferred at a later date to a developer called Southern Sea Eagles. In 2017, ''Fearless'' was one of the ships considered in a study funded by

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about "a strategy for berthing or locating historic ships and vessels within the inner harbour of Port Adelaide." And the ship was moved to Cruickshank's Corner in Port Adelaide.

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