Matson
Mason
The remains viewed from Cam
Specification
| LPB Identification No. 56 | DRM Identification No. N/A | AJP Identification No. N/A | |
| Source | (LPB)(GF)(GRO(JP)(CW)) | ||
| Name | P.o.R | Description | Dates |
| Matson | Gloucester 1/25 | Steel barge | 1924-1972 |
| Official No. 140471 | Code N/A | ||
| Builders Robert Cock & Sons, Richmond Dock, Appledore (yard number195) | |||
| Dimensions | Length 84.8 ft | Breath 18.7 ft | Depths 4.4 ft |
| Tonnage – (1924) Gross 57.51 ton Net 54.51 ton B.D | |||
Tonnage – (1952) Gross 82.84 ton Net 79.84 ton B.D |
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| Engines By H.P. None | |||
| Beached date | C. 1972 | ||
| Beached by | Capt Jimmy Common, Bob Green, Dick Woodward | ||
| Miscellaneous | Master in 13th January 1925 – Albert Flack Raised hatchways fitted c. 1952 - 23.33 ton capacity added Master Sammy Meadow Seen on the bank in the November 1972 aerial photograph |
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| First Owners | Chadborn Son & Taylor (6th June 1917) | ||
| Changes | Mousell Chadbourn & Co, Gloucester (36) British Transport Commission (1962) British Waterways Board (1963) |
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