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DUKE SHORE

1931 PLODDER, 1962 DUKE SHORE, 1973 BETTY, 198x DUKE SHORE

Registered: (GBR)ON 162625
23 GRT, 2 NRT, (46.4'x12.3'x5.3')
Machinery:1 fpp, diesel 2cyl Kromhout, 100bhp, sp 8,5kn
Re-engined 1954 diesel 6cyl "Parr & Dunwoody", 330bhp

PLODDER
1931: Built by "T. van Duijvendijk" at Lekkerkerk (NLD) (YN 14)
1931: Dlivered to John & Josephine Crisp at London (GBR)
1932: To "William Soanes Ltd" at London (GBR)
1933: To "Orient Lighterage Co Ltd" at London (GBR)
1942 -08/04 To 15/11/1942: on Admiralty service - S. Atlantic port duties
1942 -17/11: Purchased by MOWT and transferred to West Africa
1945 -28/10: Laid up
1948: To "C. Crawley Ltd" at London (GBR)
1951: To "Argosies Ltd" at London (GBR)
1954: To "B.E. Copeman Co Ltd" at London (GBR), re-engined diesel 6cyl "Parr & Dunwoody", 330bhp
1962: To "W.J. Woodward, Fisher Ltd" at London (GBR), re-renamed DUKE SHORE ??
1973: To "Erith & Dartford Lighterage Co Ltd" at Erith (GBR), renamed BETTY
198x: To "Greenhithe Salvage Services" (Birthright & Henderson) at Greenhithe (GBR), re-renamed DUKE SHORE
19xx: To "(M Tugs) McCann Tugs Ltd" at London
19xx: Sold as houseboat - Engine removed
2008: Spotted at Barking Creek - owned by Bill Blake

Mr A McCann at the wheel of the Duke Shore towing the Malta alongside

(C)Bosun

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