Registration number 64
Status Archived
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Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Dredger
Location NONE
Vessel type Grab Dredger
Archive reason Disposed
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Yarwood, W J & Sons Ltd, Northwich
Built in 1937
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Steam
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
20.00 feet (6.10m)
Length: Overall
86.56 feet (26.40m)

History

SEIONT II was built in 1937 by Yarwoods & Sons. The craft was delivered new to Caernafon Harbour Board. Withdrawn from service 1978 and acquired for preservation.

SEIONT II was broken up at Port Penryhn in 1999.

Sources

Clammer, Richard, Ships Monthly: Still in Steam: Seiont II, pp14-15, May 1980 
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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