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CULEX & BETTY

Built 1924 by Alexander Hall & Co Ltd., Aberdeen. YN 592. L80’. B21.6’. D10.5’. 105grt. 68nhp 3cylTE 13”x21.3”x35”x24”s steam engine by builder. ON147721.

CULEX(1)
1924 Delivered to Gaselee & Sons Ltd., London.
1957 Arrived at T.W. Ward Ltd., Grays, for scrapping.



Built 1907 by John Cran & Co Ltd., Leith, YN 59. L82’. B22.2’. D10.9’. 119grt. 500ihp 3cylTE 14”x21.5”x35”x24”s steam engine by builder. ON125582

BETTY

1907 Delivered to Arthur J. Humphery, Southwark
1915 Owners Arthur J. Humphery & Henry Grey Jr Ltd., Southwark
1927 Owners Humphery & Grey (Lighterage) Ltd., London.
1927 Sold to Herbert S. Gaselee, London for £3500.
1928 Damaged when SS Orleans collided with tug and mooring barge off Millwall.
1931 Attending collision damaged SS Zelos off Rainham Essex.
1935 Owners Gaselee & Son Ltd., London.
1940 Worked at Ramsgate throughout Dunkirk evacuation period under Skipper G Finch.
1946 Scrapped by Heyglien Freres, Ghent. [£590].

(C)Dave Jessop

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