Wyresdale

Steam Ferry Wyresdale

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Lunevale approaching her Fleetwood berth

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Steam Ferry Lunevale

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Technical

Official Number: 27314
Completed: 1860
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 84.1 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 10.0 ft
Rig: Schooner
Built: Barclay, Ardrossan

History

Two masted schooner wooden built

1.1860: Completed by Barclay, Ardrossan for ??, Fleetwood as MARY ROSANNA. Registered at Fleetwood.
1.1.1870: Owned by Thomas Blackburn, Fleetwood.
1.1.1880: Owned by James Ruth, Workington. Registered at Workington.
1882: Registered at Dublin.
By 1.1.1888: Owned by Michael Knight, Skerries, Dublin.
By 1.1.1911: Owned by Henry McDermott, 17 City Quay, Dublin.
1912: Sold to Mrs Emily Scilly, 14 Myrtle Street, Appledore (64/64).
9.2.1912: Registered at Bideford.
12.2.1912: 32 shares sold to Harriet Galsworthy, Appledore (32/64).
1930: Broken up.
30.7.1930: Bideford registry closed.

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Information from “Mersey Rovers” reproduced by kind permission of Roy Fenton

Technical

Official Number: 181077
Yard Number: 312
Gross Tonnage: 604
Net Tonnage: 288
Length: 192.8 ft
Breadth: 28.4 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine 7-cyl oil engine by British {Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Burntisland

History

27.10.1946: Launched by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Burntisland (Yard Number: 312) for Imperial Chemical Industries, Liverpool as THORIUM.
3.1947: Completed.
1964: Sold to WN Lindsay Ltd, Leith and renamed ROSEBURN.
1967: Owners became WN Lindsay (Shipowners) Ltd, Leith.
1973: Sold to Compnia Naviera SA (Sachinas Shipping Agency Co, Ltd), Piraeus, Greece and renamed STAVROS EMMANUEL under the Honduras flag.
1976: Renamed SALVAGER.
1985: Sold to Ahmet Tahsin Diker Kardesler Kollektif Sirketi, Istanbul, Turkey and renamed L. MEHMET DIKER.
1995: Sold to Ayangolu Denizcilik ve Ticaret AS, Istanbul and renamed DENIZ4.
As of 1997: Still operational.

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M.V. Thorium
Picture © J.B. Bucknall

MV Thorium beached 1964

MV Thorium beached 1964

MV Thorium beached 1964

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Technical

Official Number: 44795
Completed: 1862
Net Tonnage: 288
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.9 ft
Depth: 12.9 ft
Rig: Schooner
Built: Robert Steele & Co, Greenock

History

Iron built schooner

8.1862: Completed by Robert Steele & Co, Greenock for G. Henderson, Glasgow as E SHUN. Registered at Glasgow.
1867: Owned by Fox & Co, Plymouth. Glasgow registry closed. Registered at Plymouth.
By 1868: Re-measured 138.2 x 22.9 x 12.5 feet
1.1.1870: Owned by William Comyns Leach, Crediton.
1.1.1875: Owned by Thomas Seed, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood.
1.1.1880: Not listed in MNL.

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