Name: | ATLAS |
Type: | Floating Crane |
Launched: | 20/09/1884 |
Completed: | 10/1884 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 472 |
Dimensions: | 457grt, 217nrt, 131.0 x 48.3 x 9.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (4 & 11 x 12ins), 40nhp |
Engines by: | Ross & Duncan, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 91280 |
History: | |
15/01/1886 | Mersey Docks & Harbour Board; registered at Liverpool |
1954 | Renamed MERSEY NO 39 |
1956 | Broken up |
Comments: | The crane was designed to lift 100 tons |
18/10/1884: Successful trials for the twin screw barge | |
12/11/1885: Lifting trials completed on the Mersey & then available for use | |
1956: Broken up at Barrow by TW Ward Ltd |
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