Barnwood

LPB identification number

17

DRM identification number

N/A

Source

(LPB)(MN)(KT)(GF)(GRO)(JP)(CW)

Name

P.O.R

Description

Dates

Barnwood

Gloucester 7/17

Steel Lighter

1913 - 1972

Official number 140471

Code N/A

Builders Robert Coxs & Sons, Appledore – Yard No 178

Dimensions

Length 84.8ft

Breadth 18.4ft

Depth 4.6ft

Tonnage – (1913) Gross 59.06 Net 56.04 B.D

Engines None

By N/A

H.P. N/A

Beaching Date

23^rd November 1972

Beached by

Stanegarth – Capt. Ken Tytherleigh

Dick Rugman (1st Engineer)

John Powell (2nd Engineer)

Bankmen Dick Woodward – Russell Smith

Miscellaneous

Originally to be called Princess then Wotton until finally Barnwood

22.11.72 Barnwood Purton – Sharpness

23.11.72 Barnwood Sharpness – graveyard

First Owners

Chadborn Sons & Taylor (6^th June 1917)

Changes

Mousell Chadbourn & Co (1936)

British Transport Commission (1962)

British Waterways Board (1963)

Gloucester Records Office Papers D4292/3/1

Barnwood 140471 dumb barge of Glos port No 7-1917

1) Builders Certificate

Yard No BARNWOOD

O. N 140471

Port No 7-1917

Date of Registry

Nationality or flag British

Port of Registry Glos

Type Steel Dumb Barge

Propulsion By oar and towed

Number of decks One

Mast None

Rigged None

Stern Two bowed

Build Steel

Galleys None

Head None

Framework Steel

Dimension length 83 width 18 depth 5.25

Gross tonnage

Registered tonnage

Builder Robert Cock & Sons Ltd, Appledore

Certify to confirm R Cock built vessel 1914 on behalf of Messer H Mousell & J Chadborn & Co Ltd

Signed A H Cock Director of Robert Cock & Sons

Dated 17^th September 1916

2a) Certificate on behalf of an owner (body or corporate)

Gross tonnage

Registered tonnage

Master

Signed M Mousell – J Chadborn

Position Managing Director & Owners

Dated 6^th June 1917

b) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate

Gross tonnage

Registered tonnage

Signed William Henry Chadborn,

Owners M Mousell – J Chadborn

Shares 64

Dated 6^th June 1917

c) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate

Gross tonnage

Registered tonnage

Signed William Leonard Ives of Melbury House, Melbury Terrace NW1,

Owners British Waterways Board

Shares 64

Dated 23^rd September 1963

3a) Memorandum as to the registration of Managing Owner & Co

Port Number Glos 7-1917

Official no 140471

Appointed person William Henry Chadborn

Position Director

Signed William Henry Chadborn

Dated 6^th June 1917

b) Memorandum as to the registration of Managing Owner & Co

Port Number Glos 7-1917

Official no 140471

Appointed person George Henry Hughs The Docks

Position Manager BWB

Signed George Henry Hughs

Dated 24^th September 1963

4a) Certificate of Survey

Name Barnwood (note Wotton crossed out Barnwood in red)

O.N 140471

When built 1913 Appledore Robert Cock

Decks decks at both ends only

Mast Nil

Rigged Not rigged

Stern Round

Build Clinker

Galleries Nil

Heads Nil

Frame iron Dumb Barge

Bulkheads Two

Water Ballast Nil

Dimension length 84.4 width 18.4 depth 4.6

Gross tonnage 59.04

Registered tonnage 56.04

Signed H Lloyd Jenkins

Dated at Newport Monmouthshire 31^st May 1917

5) Notice of name proposed for a British Ship

Proposed name Princess (crossed out) Barnwood

Yard No 178 (dumb barge)

Proposed date of registry 30^th September 1916

Signed William Henry Chadborn

Dated 19^th August 1916

6a) Surveyors report on crew space

Wotton (crossed out Barnwood inserted)

Gross Tonnage

Decision Nil recorded

Signed H Lloyd Jenkins

Dated at Newport 31^st May 1917

7) Ships Carving and Marking notice

To advice official name and tonnage are permanently and conspicuously cut into her main beam, that her name is marked on each of her bows and her name and Port of registry marked on her stern

Signed J C Johnstone

Dated at Gloucester 8^th June 1917

9a) General Letters

From Chadborn & Son & Taylor

To the Registrar of Shipping Gloucester re the ownership of Barnwood

Yours faithfully

H Mousell & J Chadborn & Co Albert Wharf, The Docks Glos

Dated 6^th June 1917

b) To the Registrar of Shipping Gloucester

Dear Sir

I right to explain the name Wotton was given to the register during measuring, this now has been rectified to Barnwood

Signed John Mousell & W Chadborn Directors

Dated 31^st May 1917

c) From W H Chadborn

To the Registrar of Shipping Gloucester

Dear Sir

Please note we wish to register at Gloucester, Lighter no 178 under the name Barnwood

Yours faithfully

W H Chadborn

Dated 19^th August 1916