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GENERAL IX

VISTA
Ex:: 1940 VISTA, 1975 GENERAL IX
71 GRT
Machinery: diesel, 420bhp-313kW
re-engined 19xx 780hp PAXMAN main engine
90kva PERKINS generator

VISTA
1940: Built by "Richard Dunston" at Thorne
1940: To "Vokins & Co Ltd" at London
1975: To "Thames & General Lighterage Co Ltd" at London as GENERAL IX
1980: taken over by "Cory Lighterage Co Ltd"
1982: To "Hastings Bros" (GBR)
198x: To "John Reed" (GBR)
199x: To " Bill Blake" at Barking Creek (GBR)
199x: To "Thames & Medway Towing Co" at Gravesend (new wheelhouse ,engine removed?)

Seen at Denton Gravesend,March 08

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