AIMS members are being asked to sign a petition to secure the future of former Port Philip Bay pilot ship and Tasmanian Training vessel MV Wyuna.

The vessel has been left in limbo after it was relocated from Beauty Point, Tasmania to Melbourne’s Docklands, as a tourist attraction earlier this year.

Built in 1953 it is a scaled down version of the Royal Yacht Brittania and built at the same Glasgow shipyards on the Clyde. After 26 years working with the Port Phillips Sea Pilots, Wyuna operated as a training ship for the Australian Maritime College in Launceston.

“All the Australian shipping cadets of the 80’s & 90’s would have sailed on this vessel during their training at the AMC,” AIMS NSW Representative Andrew Graver said. 

“Prior to this it served for almost 30 years as the Melbourne pilot vessel. It is an important historical vessel and we must do what we can to secure it’s future.

“I urge you to sign the Petition today,” Mr Graver said.