Severn Falcon
Severn Falcon
Severn Falcon 1973 - Tony Wadley
Severn Falcon
Specification
| LPB Identification No. 44 | DRM Identification No. N/A | AJP Identification No. N/A | |
| Source | (LPB)(GF)(JP)(CL)(DF)(DW)(MN) | ||
| Name | P.o.R | Description | Dates |
| Severn Facon | Bristol 9/35 Gloucester 9/49 |
Bird Class Steel Barge |
1935 - 1974 |
| Official No. 163863 | Code N/A | ||
| Builders Charles Hills & Sons, Bristol (yard no 237) | |||
| Dimensions | Length 90.1ft | Breath 18.75ft | Depths 6.2ft |
Tonnage – ( ) Gross 86 ton Net 67.79 ton B.D |
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| Engines By H.P. None | |||
| Beached date | March 1974 | ||
| Beached by | Resolute Capt Oliver Powell, Jimmy Common, Bob Green, Dick Woodward, Eric Aldridge, Doug Munday, Donald Fowler | ||
| Miscellaneous | (1937 – 1948 Gloucester Port Arrivals) Image of Severn Falcon steel barge in 1935 at Bristol Image of Severn Falcon stern, Bathurst wharf c. 1937 (Sm 109) BS3.95 adrift of Sharpness entrance 18.11.49 but saved Crewed by Doug Munday who often went to Cardiff Mr Davie once radio operator on board John Perkins last diary entry 4th October 1968 Sharpness to Avonmouth Fate Broken up – MNL supp. March 1974 Put on bank of Severn at pier of demolished railway Bridge seen Aug 1975 |
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| First Owners | Severn & Canal Carrying Co, Ltd, Bristol (35 - 48) | ||
| Changes | 1948 – 1967 British Transport Commission, 55 Broadway, London Manager Arthur S. Lisle, Dock Office, Gloucester British Waterways Board (1967) |
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