Severn Conveyor
Severn Conveyor
The remains
Specification
| LPB Identification No. 45 | DRM Identification No. N/A | AJP Identification No. N/A | |
| Source | (LPB)(AHF)(DF)(JP)(RS)(DW) | ||
| Name | P.o.R | Description | Dates |
| Severn Conveyor | Bristol 2/30 Gloucester 3/51 |
Steel tank barge |
1930 – 1970 4 month to build |
| Official No. 149999 | Code N/A | ||
| Builders Charles Hills & Son, Bristol (yard no 182) | |||
| Dimensions | Length 90ft | Breath 21ft | Depths 7.4ft |
| Tonnage – (1930) Gross 126 ton Net 126 ton B.D 111 ton | |||
Tonnage – (1951) Gross 125.82 ton Net 122.82 ton B.D |
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| Engines By H.P. None | |||
| Beached date | c. 1970 | ||
| Beached by | Capt Oliver Powell, Jimmy Common, Bob Green, Dick Woodward | ||
| Miscellaneous | Sister ship to Severn Commerce ex Cleprod No 2 Purchased by Bristol Oil Storage Co. Ltd in 1930 for £2500 NWM photo (54.0537) showing timber barge Cleprod No. 1 in Diglis Lock 30 – 35 In Avonmouth R.E. Locks with dumb tank barges Severn Commerce (ex Cleprod No2) and Severn Conveyor (ex Cleprod No1) 31st august 1937 (339/37) renamed Severn Conveyor 1951 Converted from oil tankers to dry cargo by Priday Metford c.1951 Severn Conveyor was skippered by Tom Davies of Gloucester Lloyds Class AI. 8/32 (Limit Cardiff) Ray Savage advised Severn commerce was known locally as ‘a cow mouthed barge’ Fate GRO Certificate cancelled and registry closed 29.September 1977 vessel BU B.U. MNL Supp Oct 1977 (named as Severn Conveyor) Dumped on Severn bank at Sharpness |
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| First Owners | Ellesmere Port Oil Wharfs, Ltd | ||
| Changes | Bristol Oil Storage Co. Ltd London (33) Severn and Canal Carrying Co Bristol (45) Wheatcraft Ltd.,(Priday Metford) Gloucester Fox Elms Ltd City Mills , The Docks Gloucester manager John F. R. Bevan (1951) |
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