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Name: B O C NO 40
Type: Tank Barge
Launched: 22/08/1949
Completed: 1949
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 142
Dimensions: 40grt, 58.5 x 14.3 x 6.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Premier type, DR Geared, 6cyl (5 x 6.25ins)
(1959: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6-C type, DR Geared, 6cyl (135 x 200mm)
(1973: Oil engine, 4SCSA, DR Geared, 6cyl
Engines by: Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester; (1959: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury)
(1973: Dorman Diesels Ltd, Stafford)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187543
History:
1949 Burmah Oil Co (Burmah Trading) Ltd, London
01/1957 FT Everard & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe; renamed SPANKER
1983 South Thames Ship Repairers Ltd, Greenhithe
1985 J Marsh & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe
No further history known
Comments: Designed as a towing barge
1960: Re-engined
1973: Re-engined


Photos show BOC Nos 38, 39, 40, 41 & 42 on 07/07/1949. Photos copyright of Britain from Above