Locks of Vlissingen, Netherlands 18 May 2016
Inner harbour of Vlissingen, Netherlands 18 May 2016
Underway to the Canal in Walcheren in the direction of Veere, Netherlands
Homeport Chatham, England. Built at Dunstans, Thorne, Lincolnshire, England in May 1945 on account of the British Admiralty using a design of the Clyde Puffers. The simple design made a fast and economic building possible. Fitted out with one coal fired Cochran boiler with a height of 14 feet and a diameter of 7 feet and a steam pressure of 120 psi. As machinery a large Crabtree compound engine. Dimensions 80 (between perpendiculars)-85 (over all) x 20 x 7.6 (working) feet and a cargo hold with a length of 40.3 feet. When built was she fitted out with a armoured wheelhouse. In service at the Chatham Dockyard between 1946-1959 as the C668 which name she kept until August 1972. Decommissioned and laid up in docks at the East End, London until she became property of the Steam Ship Museum, Maryport which sold her to the Allerdale District Councel. Was next neglected and finally sunk at her berth. She was however saved and between 2004-2009 restored.
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