FCB 51
FCB 51
The remains
FCB 51
Plaque at Purton
Specification
| LPB Identification No. 40 | DRM Identification No. N/A | AJP Identification No. N/A | |
| Source | (LPB)(JC)(JPr)(DF)(DW)(DJW) | ||
| Name | P.o.R | Description | Dates |
| FCB 51 | N/A | ferro concrete barge | 1941-c.1965 |
| Official No. N/A | Code N/A | ||
| Builders Wates Building Group Ltd – Barrow in Furness | |||
| Dimensions | Length 84 ft | Breath 22.6 ft | Depths 8.1 ft |
Tonnage – (1941) Gross 332 ton loaded Net not recorded |
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| Engines By H.P. None | |||
| Beached date | C. Winter 1965 | ||
| Beached by | Capt Oliver Powell, Jimmy Common, Bob Green, Dick Woodward | ||
| Miscellaneous | Purtons FCB’ have no reference in any Mercantile Navy List various concrete lighters were positioned across the gates of the old arm and adjoining basin for some time prior to beaching. John Perkins diary entry 9th June 1965 FCB No. 51 from Sharpness to Gloucester Physical description and named as located by DJW in 1965 FCB 51 afloat 3rd September 1965 Dick Woodward advised a FCB “can be seen via wire hawsers around the tree” David Wheeler stated that concrete FCB 51 had been “freshly deposited” in June 1965 but was by October 1969 recognised thus “only her bows and stern gunnel remain visible, due to extensively silting.” |
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| First Owners | Fred A. Ashmeads & Sons Ltd, Bristol | ||
| Changes | George Thomas Beard, Gloucester Ben Cooke Ltd British Transport Commission (1962) British Waterways Board (1963) |
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