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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Lighter
Location
Abingdon
Vessel type
Humber Keel
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Watson, J S (Gainsborough) Ltd, Gainsborough
Built in
1914
Hull material
Steel
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
0
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
17.08
feet
(5.21
m)
Depth
6.89
feet
(2.10
m)
Length: Overall
91.93
feet
(28.04
m)
Tonnage: Gross
98.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
BUSTARDTHORPE is a steel lighter built in 1914 by J. S. Watson of Gainsborough. She was based on the River Humber and traded throughout all the Humber ports and as far inland as Nottingham, Leeds and York. Her main trade was from Hull to York with cocoa beans for Rowntrees.
She was owned by David Hornshaw of Goole from 1969 to 1991 and, at the time of purchase, she was powered by a Lister JP6 engine; this was replaced in 1988 by a Gardner 6LXB. In 1991, she was sold to Colt Industrial Services of Hull and converted to a tanker for recovering slops and waste oil from sea going vessels using the Humber ports.
Having retired from a busy working life, she is now based on the Thames at Abingdon.
Key dates
-
1914
Built by J S Watson
-
1991
Sold and converted to a tanker
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