A "significant philanthropist" is needed to fund the rescue of a World War One trawler in the South Atlantic, said the trust set up to save it. The Viola is rusting on South Georgia 7,750 miles ...
The ‘Viola’ was one of hundreds of trawlers seized by the Government at the outbreak of war in 1914 and turned into fighting boats. It served in the Shetlands and on the River Tyne.