Name: | B O C NO 39 |
Type: | Tank Barge |
Launched: | 22/08/1949 |
Completed: | 1949 |
Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 141 |
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) | |
Engines by: | Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester; (1959: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 187542 |
History: | |
1949 | Burmah Oil Co (Burmah Trading) Ltd, London |
01/1957 | FT Everard & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe; renamed SPINNAKER |
1983 | South Thames Ship Repairers Ltd, Greenhithe |
1985 | J Marsh & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe |
No further history known | |
Comments: | Designed as a towing barge |
1959: Re-engined |
Photos show BOC Nos 38, 39, 40, 41 & 42 on 07/07/1949. Photos copyright of Britain from Above