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Registration number
504
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Lighter
Location
NONE
Vessel type
Weaver Packet
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1948
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
22.10 feet
(6.74m)
Depth
6.60 feet
(2.01m)
Length: Overall
102.90 feet
(31.38m)
Tonnage: Gross
210.00
History
Built in 1948 by Yarwoods of Northwich for ICI Liverpool, WINCHAM is a small motor cargo vessel designed to carry goods in bulk on the west coast of England. She is made of riveted steel, has a diesel engine and is the last of a class of 5 vessels built for ICI. Her working week would encompass 2 or 3 trips with chemical products from the ICI works at Winnington on the River Weaver to Liverpool and Birkenhead for transfer to deep sea vessels. In 1977, she was sold to Bulk Cargo Handling Services Limited whose colours she still carries. In 1983 she was withdrawn from commercial service and purchased by the Wincham Preservation Society Ltd who maintain and operate her from her berth at Canning Dock alongside the Merseyside Maritime Museum. The Society received a grant of £47,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2002 and she was maintained in operating condition.
The vessel was disposed of in 2012.
Key dates
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1948
Built by Yarwoods at Northwich for ICI at Liverpool
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1977
Sold by ICI to Bulk Cargo Handling Services Ltd, whose colours she still carries
-
1983
Withdrawn from commercial service and purchased by the Wincham Preservation Society. Moored alongside Merseyside Maritime Museum
-
2002
Wooden fendering and wasted steelwork around hull replaced and new mask, derrick and rigging fitted
-
2010
Cargo handling demonstrations given at Merseyside Maritime Museum
-
2009
Disposed of as scrap by WINCHAM Preservation Trust
Grants
-
2002
A grant was received from Heritage Lottery Fund for £47,500
Sources
Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, pp183, Edition 2, 1993
Classic Boat: Lottery windfall for Weaver Packet, January 2002
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