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Registration number
48
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1934 - 1960 John Bradley
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Dredger
Location
Newnham on the Severn
Vessel type
Bucket Dredger
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.larkhams.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Hill, Charles & Sons, Bristol
Built in
1934
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Steam compound
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Boiler year
1952
Boiler fuel
gas
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
24.98 feet
(7.62m)
Depth
4.98 feet
(1.52m)
Length: Overall
99.93 feet
(30.48m)
History
Built in 1934 by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol, NO 3 DREDGER is a dredger constructed of riveted steel and without means of propulsion. She was built for the River Severn Commissioners and named JOHN BRADLEY. She was then transferred to the British Waterways Board and given her present name about 1960. She is fitted with a 60 IHP engine which drives the bucket ladder. She was refitted in 1985 and remains in regular use.
Sources
Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, Edition 6, May 1994
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