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Apprentices could help restore tug behind Nessie claims

Apprentice engineers look set to help a father and son restore an 80-year-old ice-breaker tug whose wake on Loch Ness was mistaken for Nessie.

James Clark, a former skipper of the Scot II, and his son Dan have started a project to save the rusting vessel.

The duo from Fort Augustus have been offered assistance from Babcock apprentices and staff and students at Fife's Carnegie College.

The cost of the full restoration has been estimated at £375,000.

Offers of help from volunteers had reduced the cost from its original estimate of £750,000.

Built at Henry Robb shipyards in Leith in 1931, the Scot II operated on the Caledonian Canal from its home berth at Fort Augustus.

It was later used as a pleasure cruiser, a floating bar and restaurant before sinking near a boatyard on Bute....

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