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William Cooper

General properties

IMO number: 
6513528
Vessel type: 
GD
Flag: 
UK
Manager: 
British Waterways
Built in: 
1965
Shipyard: 
Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.
Yard number: 
284

Physical properties

Length (OA): 
47.91 m
Length (BP): 
45.11 m
Width: 
10.44 m
Depth: 
4.66 m
Deadweight: 
1077 tons
Number of engines: 
1
Engine specs: 
Diesel Ruston & Hornsby, London, motor.
Total power: 
456 kW

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1965 - 1978
Review: 
Lost

Last Updated

19 weeks 16 hours ago

History

TimeframeEquipmentManagerReview
Timeframe: 
1965 - 1977
Equipment: 
William Cooper
Manager: 
British Waterways
Review: 
Original built
Timeframe: 
1977 - 1978
Equipment: 
Sand Trans
Manager: 
Rohde Nielsen A/S
Review: 
Sold and renamed

About this equipment

Original built for Wm. Cooper & Sons Ltd., Liverpool, but soon after her commissioning she was transferred to the Britsh Waterway Board.

Wrecked 1978-09-16 on a voyage from the Baltic Sea to Rødby in bad weather, control lost, crew taken up by helicopter. The ship drifted across the Baltic Sea and ran aground off the GDR beach, sank.

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