Name: | ONYX |
Type: | Lighter |
Launched: | 08/09/1894 |
Completed: | 1894 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 691 |
Dimensions: | 239grt, 125.0 x 21.0 x 9.2ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104794 |
History: | |
1894 | Wm Cory & Son, London |
1896 | Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London |
1896 | Henry Gamman, London |
1899 | The Admiralty |
1921 | Henry R Brown, Bristol; renamed CHEERY |
1922 | British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd, Gloucester |
Comments: | 1894: Built as a steel sea-going jury towing lighter for the Goole trade |
1899: For use as a coaling lighter | |
Still listed in MNL 1947 |