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Registration number
629
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Tug
Location
Liverpool
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime-museum
Construction
Builder
Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in
1964
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
27.08 feet
(8.26m)
Length: Overall
92.95 feet
(28.35m)
Tonnage: Gross
172.00
History
One of five motor tugs built y W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd, Northwich, between 1962 and 1965 for Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd, Liverpool, BROCKLEBANK was launched in 1964 and completed in February 1965. She was mainly used for ship handling at Liverpool, but had occasional duties at Heysham, Larne and Barrow. In 1989, she was purchased by Merseyside Maritime Museum and manned by experienced mariners on behalf of the Friends of the National Museums Liverpool. Normally berthed in the Albert Dock next to the maritime museum, she also attends maritime festivals around the coast of the United Kingdom.
Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors, Amberley, 2010, updated March 2011.
Sources
Norman J Brouwer, International Register of Historic Ships (Edition 2, 1993) pub: Anthony Nelson
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