Severn Eagle
Severn Eagle
The remains looking aft
Specification
| Name | P.o.R | Description | Dates |
| Severn Eagle | Bristol 7/35 Gloucester 8/49 |
Bird Class Steel Barge |
1935 - 1972 |
| Official No. 163861 | Code N/A | ||
| Builders Charles Hills & Sons, Bristol (yard no 236) | |||
| Dimensions | Length 89.95ft | Breath 18.85ft | Depths 6.2ft |
Tonnage – ( ) Gross 85.37 ton Net 76.06 ton B.D |
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| Engines By H.P. None | |||
| Beached date | Pre Nov 1972 | ||
| Beached by | Capt Bill Savage, Bob Green, Dick Woodward, Eric Aldridge, Doug Munday, Donald Fowler | ||
| Miscellaneous | Photo of Severn Eagle Steel Barge seen 1935 Bristol Gloucester Port records Capt Tonks on 18th September 1937 from Avonmouth with 144 tons of general cargo (1937 – 1948 Gloucester Port Arrivals) Gloucester Port records Capt Payton on 15th November 1948 from Avonmouth with 137 tons of copper BS3.95 With Toga and Sabrina 5 ashore Redcliffe Bay 17.18.10 1949. Severn Eagle and Sabrina 5 Later Savaged Photo of stern qr view, Avonmouth R.E. Dk Eastern arm 20th July 1957 (Sm) John Perkins last diary entry 1st October 1969 Sharpness to Gloucester Fate Put to reinforce canal bank at Sharpness seen Nov 1972 Broken up – MNL Supp 23rd March 1974 Crewed by Doug Munday who often went to Cardiff |
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| First Owners | Severn & Canal Carrying Co, Ltd, Bristol (36) | ||
| Changes | British Transport Commission, 55 Broadway, London S.W.1 Manager Arthur C. Lisle. Dock Office, Gloucester British Waterways Board (1967) |
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