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Birdlip

Birdlip 2003

Birdlip from Matson detailing her timber stempost and unique cleats.

Birdlip

Birdlip detailing her distinct raised forward cleats, empty at Sharpness.

Specification

Birdlip
LPB identification number		15	DRM identification number		N/A	AJP identification number		N/A
Source		(LPB)(KT)(MN)(GF)(GRO(JP)(CW))
Name		P.O.R		Description			Dates
Birdlip		Gloucester 6/17		Steel barge			1915 -1972
Official number 136030				Code N/A
Builders Robert Cock & Sons, Richmond Dock, Appledore (yard number 171)
Dimensions	Length 84.8 ft			Breadth 18.4 ft			Depth 4.16 ft
Tonnage – ( ) Gross 59.04 ton Net 56.04 ton B.D
Engines None				By N/A			H.P. N/A
Beached date	21^st November 1972
Beached by	Stanegarth – Capt. Ken Tytherleigh Dick Rugman (1st Engineer) John Powell (2nd Engineer) Bankmen Dick Woodward – Russell Smith
Miscellaneous	Master in 7^th May 1917 - Thomas Rigby Seen on the bank in the 1972 aerial photograph 21.11.72 Birdlip Sharpness – graveyard
First Owners	Chadborn Son & Taylor (6^th June 1917)
Changes	Mousell Chadbourn & Co, Gloucester (36) British Waterways Board (1962)
Gloucester Records Office Papers Birdlip 136030 dumb barge of Glos port No 6/17 1) Certificate on behalf of an owner (body corporate) Signed William Henry Chadborn, Position Managing Director Shares 64 Owners Mousell Chadborn Dated 08.05.1917 2a) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.16 Dated 8^th May 1917 b) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.16 Gross tonnage 59.04 Registered tonnage 56.04 Signed William Leonard Ives of Melbury House, Melbury Terrace NW1, Position Assistant General Manager BWB Owners British Waterways Board Dated 1962 c) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.6 Gross tonnage 59.04 Registered tonnage 56.04 Signed William Leonard Ives of Melbury House, Melbury Terrace NW1, Position Assistant General Manager BWB Owners British Waterways Board Dated 11^th November 1963 3) Builders Certificate Yard No 171 Dimension length 83 width 18 depth 5.22 Type Steel Barge Nationality or flag British Propulsion By oar and towed Number of decks One Mast none Stern Two bowed Build Steel Galleys None Framework Steel Builder Robert Cock & Sons Ltd, Appldore for Messer H Mousell & J Chadborn & Co Ltd Dated 4^th September 1916 4) Certificate of Survey Name Birdlip O.N 136030 When built 1915 Decks decked at both ends Mast Nil Rigged Not rigged Stern Round Build Clinker Galleries Nil Heads Nil Frame Iron Dumb Barge Bulkheads Two Water Ballast Nil Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.6 Gross tonnage 59.04 Registered tonnage 56.04 Signed H Lloyd Jenkins Dated at Newport 7^th May 1917 5) Notice of name proposed for a British Ship Proposed name Birdlip Proposed date of registry 30^th September 1916 Signed W H Chadborn Dated 5^th September 1916 6) Surveyors report on crew space Registered Tonnage 56 04/100 Decision No crew space allowed Signed H Lloyd Jenkins Dated at Newport 7^th May 1917 7) Ships Carving and Marking notice Name on main beam and each bows - Stern, Name and Port of registry Signed J W Frenchs Dated 8^th May 1917 8) Marking of a Ship Tonnage 56.04 cut into main beam Signed H Lloyd Jenkins 9a) Memorandum as to the registration of Managing Owner & Co Port Number Glos 6-1917 Appointed person W H Chadborn, The Docks Position Managing Director Signed W H Chadborn Dated 8^th May 1917 b) Memorandum as to the registration of Managing Owner & Co Port Number Glos 6-1917 Appointed person George Henry Hughs Position Divisional Manager British Waterways Board Signed George Henry Hughs Dated 11^th November 1963 10a) General Letters To J C Johnson, Registrar, to advise Birdlip and her Master Thomas Rigby is being registered at Gloucester Dated 7^th May 1917 b) Chadborn & Son & Taylor To Registry of Shipping Authority authorising William Henry Chadborn of Albert Wharf, The Docks to make formal declaration of ownership of the vessel Birdlip Signed John Mousell & W H Chadborn Directors Dated 8^th May 1917 c) British Waterways, Registration of the dumb barge Birdlip at a fee of £2-0-0 Signed H R Holder Dated 13^th November 1963

Birdlip
LPB identification number		57 15	DRM identification number		N/A	AJP identification number		N/A
Source		(LPB)(KT)(MN)(GF)(GRO(JP)(CW))
Name		P.O.R		Description			Dates
Birdlip		Gloucester 6/17		Steel barge			1915 -1972
Official number 136030				Code N/A
Builders Robert Cock & Sons, Richmond Dock, Appledore (yard number 171)
Dimensions	Length 84.8 ft			Breadth 18.4 ft			Depth 4.16 ft
Tonnage – ( ) Gross 59.04 ton Net 56.04 ton B.D
Engines None				By N/A			H.P. N/A
Beached date	21^st November 1972
Beached by	Stanegarth – Capt. Ken Tytherleigh Dick Rugman (1st Engineer) John Powell (2nd Engineer) Bankmen Dick Woodward – Russell Smith
Miscellaneous	Master in 7^th May 1917 - Thomas Rigby Seen on the bank in the 1972 aerial photograph 21.11.72 Birdlip Sharpness – graveyard
First Owners	Chadborn Son & Taylor (6^th June 1917)
Changes	Mousell Chadbourn & Co, Gloucester (36) British Waterways Board (1962)
Gloucester Records Office Papers Birdlip 136030 dumb barge of Glos port No 6/17 1) Certificate on behalf of an owner (body corporate) Signed William Henry Chadborn, Position Managing Director Shares 64 Owners Mousell Chadborn Dated 08.05.1917 2a) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.16 Dated 8^th May 1917 b) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.16 Gross tonnage 59.04 Registered tonnage 56.04 Signed William Leonard Ives of Melbury House, Melbury Terrace NW1, Position Assistant General Manager BWB Owners British Waterways Board Dated 1962 c) Declaration of Ownership on behalf of a body or corporate Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.6 Gross tonnage 59.04 Registered tonnage 56.04 Signed William Leonard Ives of Melbury House, Melbury Terrace NW1, Position Assistant General Manager BWB Owners British Waterways Board Dated 11^th November 1963 3) Builders Certificate Yard No 171 Dimension length 83 width 18 depth 5.22 Type Steel Barge Nationality or flag British Propulsion By oar and towed Number of decks One Mast none Stern Two bowed Build Steel Galleys None Framework Steel Builder Robert Cock & Sons Ltd, Appldore for Messer H Mousell & J Chadborn & Co Ltd Dated 4^th September 1916 4) Certificate of Survey Name Birdlip O.N 136030 When built 1915 Decks decked at both ends Mast Nil Rigged Not rigged Stern Round Build Clinker Galleries Nil Heads Nil Frame Iron Dumb Barge Bulkheads Two Water Ballast Nil Dimension length 84.8 width 18.4 depth 4.6 Gross tonnage 59.04 Registered tonnage 56.04 Signed H Lloyd Jenkins Dated at Newport 7^th May 1917 5) Notice of name proposed for a British Ship Proposed name Birdlip Proposed date of registry 30^th September 1916 Signed W H Chadborn Dated 5^th September 1916 6) Surveyors report on crew space Registered Tonnage 56 04/100 Decision No crew space allowed Signed H Lloyd Jenkins Dated at Newport 7^th May 1917 7) Ships Carving and Marking notice Name on main beam and each bows - Stern, Name and Port of registry Signed J W Frenchs Dated 8^th May 1917 8) Marking of a Ship Tonnage 56.04 cut into main beam Signed H Lloyd Jenkins 9a) Memorandum as to the registration of Managing Owner & Co Port Number Glos 6-1917 Appointed person W H Chadborn, The Docks Position Managing Director Signed W H Chadborn Dated 8^th May 1917 b) Memorandum as to the registration of Managing Owner & Co Port Number Glos 6-1917 Appointed person George Henry Hughs Position Divisional Manager British Waterways Board Signed George Henry Hughs Dated 11^th November 1963 10a) General Letters To J C Johnson, Registrar, to advise Birdlip and her Master Thomas Rigby is being registered at Gloucester Dated 7^th May 1917 b) Chadborn & Son & Taylor To Registry of Shipping Authority authorising William Henry Chadborn of Albert Wharf, The Docks to make formal declaration of ownership of the vessel Birdlip Signed John Mousell & W H Chadborn Directors Dated 8^th May 1917 c) British Waterways, Registration of the dumb barge Birdlip at a fee of £2-0-0 Signed H R Holder Dated 13^th November 1963