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 MERSEYSIDE - HISTORIC SHIPS
Further travels pages: [Pacific Coast of US] [Pre-1960s Ships Seen on Cruise] [Holyhead & Mersey - Summer 2007] [Merseyside - Historic Ships] [Shipping in Hull - 1960s]
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Name / Owner: DANIEL ADAMSON Official No: 104479, Daniel Adamson Preservation Society (http://www.danieladamson.com/) ; Flag: United Kingdom.
Comments: February 20, 2006. What a pleasure to see this historic tug tender in the West Float dock undergoing asbestos removal as part of renovations. Check the Preservation Society's web site for complete details and updates. Unfortunately I couldn't get close enough for a better photo.
Built as the RALPH BROCKLEBANK for the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company. Sold in 1922 to the Manchester Ship Canal Company. Renamed DANIEL ADAMSON in 1936. Purchased by the Preservation Society in 2004.
Year built / Builder: 1903, Tranmere Bay Development Co., Birkenhead.
Details: 175 gt. Dimensions: 110'6" x 24'6". Main engines: 2, steam reciprocating compound engines built by J. Jones & Sons, Liverpool, producing 583 ihp at 150 rpm for a speed of 11.5 knots. Bollard pull: 5.5 tons (approx).
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Name / Owner: JAMES JACKSON GRUNDY and KERNE IMO No: , North Western Steam Ship Company (http://www.tugkerne.co.uk/) Flag: United Kingdom.
Comments: February 20, 2006. More historic vessels moored in West Float dock, again a little too far away to get a good shot. The tug KERNE I know from recent times when she was moored in Canning Half-tide Dock, alongside the Merseyside Maritime Museum. She is beautifully restored and fully operational. JAMES JACKSON GRUNDY is no stranger either. I saw her when she was in service with I.C.I. Nobel Division on the Mersey in the late 1950s. She is a "Weaver Packet" and sister to the WINCHAM (see below), which is moored close to the Maritime Museum in Albert Dock.
KERNE was ordered as the VIKING but was sold to the Admiralty before launching and named TERRIER. She entered service at Chatham for Medway service, in which vicinity she worked until sold in 1948 to J. P Knight and given her present name. Sold soon afterwards to the Straits Steamship Co., Liverpool, and then to Liverpool Lighterage for Mersey service until retired in 1971. Purchased by the North Western Steam Ship Company for restoration.
Year built / Builder: KERNE: 1913, Montrose Ship Building Co., Montrose.
Details: KERNE: 62 gt; dimensions: 77 ft length o.a. x 18 ft breadth; main engine: 3 cylinder triple expansion engine built by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge, Glasgow, producing 400 ihp.
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Name / Owner: BROCKLEBANK IMO No: 6420408 / ON 306497 Merseyside Maritime Museum. Flag: United Kingdom (Liverpool).
Comments: July 10, 2004. Moored in Canning Half-tide Dock as a museum ship. Built for Alexandra Towing Co. Ltd., Liverpool, as a ship-handling tug with occasional duties in Heysham, Larne and Barrow. Restoration by the volunteers of the "Wincham Preservation Society." Purchased by the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 1989.
Year built / Builder: 1964, W. J. Yarwood & Sons Ltd., Northwich (yard number: 945)
Details: 172 gt; length o.a. 31.37 m (bp: 28.35 m), 8.26 m beam, 3.81 m depth. Main engines: 2, two stroke, turbo-charged, 8 cyl Crossley diesel motors developing 970 kW (1,200 bhp) to drive a single prop at a speed of 12 knots. Static bollard pull: 17 tons.
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Name / Owner: WINCHAM Associate vessel of the Merseyside Maritime Museum; Flag: United Kingdom.
Comments: July 10, 2004. A fully restored Weaver Packet - a sister to the JAMES JACKSON GRUNDY.
Year built / Builder: 1948, W. J. Yarwood, Northwich.
Details: 201 gt; dimensions: 103 ft x 22 ft; main engine: diesel motor, 8 knots.
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Name / Owner: EDMUND GARDNER Merseyside Maritime Museum; Flag: United Kingdom.
Comments: February 10, 2006. The EDMUND GARDNER was built as one of three diesel electric pilot cutters for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board who were responsible for Mersey pilotage from as far west as Point Lynas, Anglesey. The three vessels were home to 32 pilots and 11 apprentice pilots while on weekly rotation either off Anglesey, the Mersey Bar or acting as supply boat and tender to the cutters on station. She was retired in 1981 and purchased by the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 1982 who maintain her in immaculate condition in the Canning Graving Dock.
Year built / Builder: 1953, Philip and Son, Dartmouth.
Details: 701 gt; length overall: 54.1 m (177.4 ft).
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Name / Owner: PANARY owner unknown; Flag: United Kingdom.
Comments: February 21, 2006. This aged motor barge continues in commercial service on the river. She is included in the U.K. National Register of Historic Vessels.
Year built / Builder: 1937, C. Hill and Sons Ltd., Bristol.
Details: 167 gt, 107 nt; length overall: 29.47 m (96.6 ft).
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Name / Owner: SARSIA ID number: 1184137 - Derelict.
Comments: February 10, 2006. Another ship I remember well - indeed sailed and worked on. She was launched in 1953 as the fisheries research vessel, SARSIA, for the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, based at Plymouth. She remained in service with the MBA until 1979. Thereafter, I lost track of her until prompted last year by Frank Armstrong of North Wales who had photographed a ship of the same name lying semi-submerged in East Float dock, Birkenhead. Subsequently, several people have contacted me and provided photos. The colour shots shown here are my own taken in memory of a fine small ship.
UPDATE: SARSIA: ex SARSIA-, ex DEJUDAH-89, ex SARSIA-81. Launched April 14, 1953, completed November 2, 1953.
Year built / Builder: 1953, Philip and Son, Dartmouth, U.K. (Yard No: 1244)
Details: 319 gt
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Name / Owner: U534 originally, German Kriegsmarine. Now owned by Den Bla Avis, a Danish company and on show (see below) at the Historic Warships exhibit, East Float, Wallasey Docks, Birkenhead.
Comments: July 10, 2004. The U534, a Class IXC/40 U-Boat, is one of the very few remaining WWII submarines in existence and is probably the most photographed of the static museum ships on Merseyside. She was sunk by Allied forces in 1945 and raised from the seabed between Denmark and Sweden 48 years later. She was then moved by barge to Birkenhead in 1996 where she was worked upon by Cammell Laird's apprentices before being placed on display. See the link below for full details.
Year built / Builder: 1942, Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg.
Details: 1,144 tons surface displacement (1,257 t submerged); 253.3 ft length x 22.69 ft beam. Main engine: 9 cyl MAN diesel providing 2,200 bhp driving 2 shafts for a surface speed of 18.25 knots (7.3 knots submerged on electric power). Armament: 4 torpedo tubes forward, 2 aft. Normal diving depth 330 ft, maximum 660 ft. Information from http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/u534.html.
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Name / Owner: HISTORIC WARSHIPS Historic Warships Trust, East Float, Wallasey Docks, Birkenhead.
Comments: February 10, 2006. Sadly, the Historic Warships Trust was forced to close on February 5, 2006. As I understand the situation, the Mersey Docks & Harbour Co. withdrew their lease in favour of yet another development to convert wharehousing (the Rank Hovis grain wharehouse in the photo) into luxury apartments. Could not the two enterprises co-exist amicably? Alternative berthing for the ships that collectively make this important exhibit is currently being sought.
The ships are the Falkland's veterans, HMS PLYMOUTH, a Rothesay-class frigate built by HM Dockyard, Devonport, commissioned in 1961, and the Oberon-class submarine, ONYX, built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, commissioned in 1967 (engine room shown in the photo). The Ton-class, mahogany-hulled, HMS BRONINGTON, completed by Cook, Welton and Gemmel at Selby in 1954 was built as a minesweeper and was converted to a minehunter in 1965. She was commanded by Prince Charles in 1976. Also on display is the light vessel, PLANET built in 1958 by Philip and Son, Dartmouth, for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. Note the small, unrestored landing craft to the left of the photo.
Year built / Builder: see text above
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