Please help the National Museum of the Royal Navy conserve Landing Craft Foxtrot 7, a veteran of the Falklands War, with thirty years service through war and peace. It will cost £25,000 for the conservation work and to move the historic craft from its present site to its new home in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, for re-display to the public.

F7 will become one of the centrepieces of the new Royal Marines Museum when it opens as part of the groundbreaking SeaMore project - a bold project to transform access to naval heritage, with a new Royal Marines Museum opening in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard where we can tell the proud story of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Plus an exciting new Centre for Discovery which will create the country’s newest national museum collection, with over two million artefacts.

F7 was built by the Dorset Yacht Company in Poole in 1965. Powered by two Foden diesel engines, LCMs and Mk2s such as this could carry 35 fully equipped Royal Marines Commandos or two Landrovers. It was presented to the Royal Marines Museum by the Ministry of Defence in 1986.

In 1982 F7 was one of four Landing Crafts carried by assault ship HMS Fearless during the Falklands conflict. F7 took part in the initial landings at San Carlos on 21st May, taking Royal Marines of 40 Commando and men of the Parachute Regiment to the beaches. On 24th May it helped evacuate the crew of HMS Antelope when an unexploded bomb detonated and the ship caught fire. The Royal Marines Coxswain, Corporal Alan White, received a commendation from the Task Force Commander, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, for his part in rescuing 41 crew from the Antelope. F7 continued to ferry men and supplies throughout the Falklands conflict and was also employed on mine clearance duties.

Supporters donating £120 or more will become special F7 Supporters of the new Museum and will receive a personal invitation to previews of the new Museum in 2020.