Sir William Matthews - bucket ladder dredger

General properties

Vessel type: 
bld
Built in: 
1914
Yard number: 
423

Physical properties

Length BP: 
70.10 m
Width: 
13.41 m
Depth: 
5.21 m
Engine specs: 
F&F 2-screws. 2xT3Cyl. (16, 25.5 43 - 24)in. 220nhp

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1914 to 1976

Last updated

4 months 3 weeks ago

About this equipment

First owner
First port of register
Registration date

Ceylon Government - Colombo Port Commissioners 
Colombo 
 

Other names

1941 GEO KERMODE  

Subsequent owner and registration history

1916 Australian Government, later Western Australian Government, Fremantle1941 Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners, Melbourne05/03/1943 regisered and allocated ON159581. 

01/04/1976 scuttled off Phillip Is, Bass Strait
source: http://www.clydeships.co.uk/

Technical files and data sheets

No files available

Images

Sir William Mathews operating ports Colombo / Galle (approx 1950s-1970s) | Image by Francis Xavier