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W.D. 54
General properties
IMO number:
5384190
Vessel type:
GD
Flag:
UK
Owner:
Boskalis Westminster Ltd
Manager:
Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV
Built in:
1937
Shipyard:
Wm Simons & Co Ltd.
Yard number:
713 Physical properties
Length (OA):
70.7 m
Length (BP):
67.06 m
Width:
12.6 m
Depth:
5.1 m
Draft (loaded):
4.65 m
Engine specs:
2xT3cyl (14"23"38½"x24") 166nhp 1200ihp 10½kn 2-screw
speed:
10 knts
Hopper volume:
816 m³
Dredging depth:
18.29 m About this page
Status:
Historical
Timeframe:
1937 - 1976
Review:
Scrapped Last Updated
10 weeks 5 days ago
History
| Timeframe | Equipment | Manager | Review |
|---|---|---|---|
Timeframe:
1937 - 1961
| Equipment:
| Manager:
| |
Timeframe:
1961 - 1976
| Equipment:
| Manager:
| Review:
1961 Westminster Dredging Co Ltd,
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About this equipment
Other names
1947 MERSEY NO 25
1961 Westminster Dredging Co Ltd, London
1962 Westminster Dredging Group Ltd
1963 Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd.
"Mersey No. 25" (not 24) built in 1937 for MD&HB as "No. 25" was sold to Westminster Dredging Co. as "Mersey No. 25" in 1961 (for £30,000). "W.D.54" was in fact "Mersey No. 24" ex. "No. 24"
also built in 1937. In 1956 she sank in collision with M/V "Indus" off New Brighton, was raised, repaired, and sold 'as lies' to Westminster Dredging in
1957 (for £14,250) and re-named "W.D. 54". Both vessels were built in 1937 by Wm. Simons & Co., Renfrew.
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