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Registration number
1165
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1950 - 1975 Lux
Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Northwich
Vessel type
Tanker
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.SafeHandLiverpool.com
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1950
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
22.92 feet
(6.99m)
Breadth: Beam
22.92 feet
(6.99m)
Depth
8.00 feet
(2.44m)
Length: Overall
100.16 feet
(30.55m)
Tonnage: Gross
112.00
History
SAFE HAND was the last steam engine built for service on the Mersey and became the last steam vessel in service with the Lever Brothers fleet. She was built in 1950 by W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd, Northwich, as the steam tank abrge LUX for Lever Brothers, to carry crude vegetable oils from the Mersey ports to Lever's facility at Port Sunlight. In February 1965, she was converted to diesel at Birkenhead and continued to work for Lever Brothers until December 1984 being renamed SAFE HAND in 1975. Her cargo-carrying facilities are two tanks, capable of storing Mersey Tanker Lighterage (Logantnor Ltd) carrying vegetable oils in Liverpool and Birkenhead docks.
As of June 2019, SAFE HAND was reported to be in private ownership, currently on Saltersford locks mooring awaiting for engineering works to complete before spending time in Yarwoods basin where she is to undergo refit and conversion.
Sources
Lloyds Register of Ships 1997-8, Lloyd's of London, pp493, Volume A-G, 1998
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