17/10/2014
Wallasey Unit provided their RIB to meet the longboat Draken Harold Harfagre at the Mersey Bar beacon and escort it the 18 miles back into the port. The RIB also ferried the pilot out to the longship, at 115ft the world’s largest reconstructed Viking warship, which was on a two-week visit to Wirral.
The Norse boat and crew were guests of Liverpool Victoria Rowing Club, which is based next door to the Sea Cadets’ boathouse.
As the unit and club have an excellent relationship, the rowers asked if the unit's RIB could provide cover for the longship entering and leaving Alfred Dock Birkenhead and the Port of Liverpool, recovering the pilot off the Crosby Channel on the longship’s departure for the Isle of Man
The longship’s captain, Björn Ahlander, thanked the Wallasey Sea Cadets for their help during their visit to the Wirral Peninsula.
