Torpoint Ferry vessel due to return home after refit

The Torpoint Ferry vessel has been undergoing work in dry dock in Falmouth

A ferry that connects Cornwall and Devon is due back in its home port by Friday after a refit, bosses say.

Torpoint Ferry vessel Plym II, one of three that sails from Torpoint to Plymouth, is in Falmouth for the work.

Staff were to carry out system checks before it was towed back to the River Tamar on Thursday, the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee said.

Another five days would be needed to reconnect the vessel to its drive chains and final work, it added.

The vessel was taken out of service at the end of April.

The committee said it was due to start being towed back on Thursday evening on a 44 nautical mile (50 miles) journey "providing the remaining work goes smoothly, and subject to favourable weather and sea conditions".

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Lloyds Register would then have to carry out inspections before clearing the ferry for service, it added.

The route's vessels undergo such a refit every five years.