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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lighter
Location
Gloucester
Vessel type
Ferro Concrete Lighter
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Unknown
Built in
1939
Hull material
Concrete
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
19.57
feet
(5.97
m)
Depth
8.10
feet
(2.47
m)
Length: Overall
89.84
feet
(27.40
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
Built in 1944 and salvaged from a collection of abandoned lighters and wooden trows in the Severn Estuary, this vessel of concrete construction was taken to the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester.
Sources
McDougall, Marilyn, The National Waterways Museum, National Waterways Museum, 1990
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