Briton - bucket ladder dredger

General properties

IMO number: 
5053454
Vessel type: 
BLD
Flag: 
UK
Built in: 
1902
Shipyard: 
Yard number: 
394

Physical properties

Length BP: 
48.77 m
Width: 
9.14 m
Depth: 
3.44 m

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1902 to 1971
Review: 
Scrapped

Last updated

4 months 4 weeks ago

History

TimeframeEquipmentManagerReview
1902 to 1912NO.7Port of Tyne AuthorityOWNER: Tyne Improvement Commission, Newcastle
1912 to 1925T I C DREDGER NO 7 --
1925 to 1971BritonFalmouth Docks & Engineering Co., Falmouth

About this equipment

OWNER: Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co., Falmouth

Other names

1912 T I C NO 7 - 1925 BRITON 

Subsequent owner and registration history

1925 Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co., Falmouth

14/09/1971 arrived at Cork for breaking by Haulbowline Industries Ltd. at Passage West 

SOURCE: http://www.clydeships.co.uk

 

Technical files and data sheets

No files available

Images

Falmouth Dredger BRITON Circa 1955 | Postcard sent to us by Tony Atkinson Falmouth Dredger BRITON Circa 1962 | Image by Tony Atkinson