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Name: M O W T NO 5
Type: Crane Barge
Launched:
Completed: 1943
Builder: Palmers Hebburn Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 306/5
Dimensions: 615grt, 571nrt, 125.0 x 62.5 x 8.2ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168642
History:
1943 Ministry of War Transport (Great Western Railway, managers), Cardiff
No later history known
Comments: Built from pre-fabricated parts supplied by other contractors
Main contractors were Fairfield SB & Eng Co Ltd, Chepstow and Newport
Lloyds Register of 1945 records Fairfield SB as the builder
Lifting capacity 60 tons