A third crane is being brought in to try and lift the remains of the Kestrel hull from the seabed after it sunk at its Wynyard Wharf berth last month.
Kestrel Preservation Society chairman Mike Alston today said it was hoped to raise what remained of the historic ferry later this afternoon.
If all went to plan, the hull would be pumped out and floated to the Titan slipway at high tide after midnight.
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Mr Alston said work to lift the crippled vessel started yesterday but salvors found they could not do it with two cranes.