Name: | No 8 |
Type: | Mud Hopper |
Launched: | 28/08/1905 |
Completed: | 09/1905 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 97 |
Dimensions: | 516grt, 222nrt, 140.0 x 33.2 x 12.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (21 & 44 x 30ins), 106nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 119977 |
History: | |
09/1905 | Cardiff Railway Company, Cardiff |
1923 | Great Western Railway Company, Cardiff |
1934 | HG Pounds, Portsmouth |
1935 | William Cooper & Sons Ltd, Liverpool; renamed SIFTER |
1961 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1935: Converted to a sand suction dredger |
14/10/1961: Arrived at Passage West in tow of tug CLEDDIA | |
1961: Broken up by Haulbowline Industries Ltd |