Gozo Channel and Tug Malta chairman John E. Sullivan recently donated two items to the Maritime Museum in Nadur.

They are the propellor of tugboat Cetta, and the 21-foot model on which tests were carried out in Denmark prior to building the Gozo Channel ferries.

Making the presentation, Mr Sullivan said that most ferry passengers are not aware of the studies undertaken before the ferries were built. The model was tested in a huge water tank in Denmark to check how it behaved under different simulated weather conditions.

The Maritime Museum houses a large collection of models of merchant and naval ships, pennants and coats-of-arms, souvenirs and correspondence, which have been patiently collected by 88-year-old Michael Grima.

Mr Grima had been keeping the items at home until the collection grew so much that he handed it over to Nadur parish church. Later, the collection was moved to another house which later became the Maritime Museum.

The collection at the Maritime Museum, including the new items, can be viewed from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.