Francis Gilbertson

General properties

Vessel type:

GHD

Flag:

UK

Owner:

British Transport Docks Board

Manager:

British Transport Docks Board

Built in:

1928

Shipyard:

Alexander Hall and Company

Yard number:

612

Physical properties

Length (OA):

35.1 m

Width:

8.26 m

Depth:

3.05 m

Draft (loaded):

2.59 m

Deadweight:

355 tons

Number of engines:

1

Engine specs:

T3cyl (10, 16, 26 x 18in) built by the yard

About this page

Status:

Historical

Timeframe:

1948 - 1961

Review:

Scrapped

Last Updated

1 week 4 days ago

History

Timeframe	Equipment	Manager	Review
Timeframe: 1928 - 1948	Equipment: Francis Gilbertson	Manager: Great Western Railway Co,	Review: Orinal built
Timeframe: 1948 - 1961	Equipment: Francis Gilbertson	Manager: British Transport Docks Board	Review: Sold

About this equipment

Built and launched as a hopper barge for James Contracting, but but completed as a steam grab hopper dredger for The Great Western Railway Co.
275 grt / 107 nrt / 36 nhp /O.N.: 160597.

Sistership to Clearway

Scrapped in 1961 in Cork (Ireland)

Source: https://www.clydeships.co.uk

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