Name: | BULLDOG or BULL DOG |
Type: | Steam Barge |
Launched: | 13/03/1866 |
Completed: | 03/1866 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 42 |
Dimensions: | 100grt, 76nrt, 160dwt, 99.6 x 20.1 x 7.1ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (12 & 12 x 15ins), 40nhp; (1921: 20nhp) |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 49779 |
History: | |
1866 | Shields SS Co, South Shields |
1871 | Jas Wood Sully, Bridgwater |
1877 | John G Sully, Bridgwater |
by 1896 | Sully & Co Ltd, Bridgwater |
1929 | Broken up |
Comments: | The press report says she was twin screw, however the |
registers describe her as single screw. | |
JW Sully was one of Bridgewater’s leading coal merchants | |
shipping coal on the canal between Taunton & Bridgewater | |
1921: Re-built by Stothert & Co Ltd, Bristol |
Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 17th March 1866