Dunosprey - 1968

Dunosprey - 1968

Postby Whickham » Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:44 am

DUNOSPREY was built by Richard Dunston at Hessle in 1968, YN 852
1968: Newport Screw Towing
1970: Cory Ship Towage
1984: Cory Towage
1992: Medway Lighterage Co, Strood
1993: AC Bennett, London; renamed LINDA BENNETT
1998: Converted to a houseboat & renamed PELICAN

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LINDA BENNETT in the centre of the group

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As PELICAN at Hoo. Photographer unknown
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Re: Dunosprey - 1968

Postby tidesman » Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:37 pm

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DUNOSPREY
O.N. 303650. 173g. 99'7" x 27'2" x 10'9"oa.
6-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (340 x 570mm) Polar MN16 type by British Polar Engines Ltd., Glasgow, double reduction geared to a single fixed pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 1,260 bhp. 22 tons bollard pull. 11 kts.
25.7.1967: Keel laid by Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle upon Humber (Yard No. S. 852) for Newport Screw Towing Co. Ltd., Newport.
30.11.1967: Launched.
20.2.1968: Completed. Registered at Belfast.
1971: Purchased by Cory Ship Towage Ltd., London.
1975: Transferred to Cory Ship Towage (N. I.) Ltd., (Cory Ship Towage Ltd., managers). Subsequently re-registered at Belfast.
1985: Transferred to Cory Towage Ltd., London.
1992: Sold to Bennett (U. K.) Ltd., London.
1993: Transferred to Medway Lighterage Co. Ltd., and renamed LINDA BENNETT. Registered at Rochester.
11.1993: Transferred to Alan C. Bennett & Sons Ltd., Rochester.
7.1997: Laid up with surveys overdue – to be demolished.
9.1998: Reported as having had her machinery removed and being used as a houseboat at Hoo, Kent. (reported as renamed PELICAN)
4.2017: Still as DUNOSPREY in SeaWeb, as “No longer meets IHSF Criteria”.
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