The AM Clark, seen here in private hands, served as a pilot boat possibly in Port Elizabeth. She was one of three sister ships, the others being L.L. Varley and C.A.E. Deacon. (Photo by Derek Walker.) They were built locally in the the early 70's and served as pilot boats in our ports. (Deacon in CT, Varley in Walvis Bay), they were withdrawn from service in the late 1980's although at the time of writing, the Varley was still in service in Durban as a tow behind dredger, as at 2009 it is not known whether this is still true. Ken Malcolm kindly supplied additional photographs of the Clark, dated 2009.