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Name: AVONMOUTH FLOATING DOCK
Type: Floating Pontoon Dock
Launched: 1892
Completed: 1893
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 31
Dimensions: 365.0 x 85.0 x 37.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1893 Bristol Docks Commitee
16/09/1911 Sank
Comments: Built in 6 x sections & designed for a lifting power of 4200tons
09/1892: Three sections left the Tyne for Avonmouth
03/11/1892: One of the six sections lost on passage to Avonmouth
18/04/1893: Replacement section launched at Avonmouth
1911: Sold to Brindisi owners after lying idle for many years
16/09/1911: Sank off the Longships Light whilst under tow to Brindisi.
Towed by tugs SARAH JOLLIFFE & JANE JOLLIFFE


Western Daily Press, Saturday 5th November 1892

Bristol Mercury, Thursday 4th May 1893