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BEAVER II

WAL
(sisterships: WAL, CHARLIGHT, AJAY, HAULIER)
Tosher/Launch tug
14 GRT, L13,72m, B3,73m, D1,30m
1 fpp, diesel 2cyl Bolinder, 115bhp
re-engined 1984 diesel Kelvin, 90bhp

1938: Built by "T. van Duijvendijk", Lekkerkerk (NLD) (YN 29)
1938: delivered to "W.R. Cunis Ltd" at Woolwich, London (GBR)
1942 -15/07: requisitioned by the UK MOWT - Ministry of War Transport, mng "Ross & Marshall Ltd" at Glasgow (GBR)
1945 -17/12: returned to owners
1967: To "Gaselee Knight", retained by "J.P. Knight Ltd" after Gaselee Knight partnership finished
1980: To Trevor ?? at Maldon (GBR)
1984: To Ken Knapp ("Knapp Trawlers") at Leigh-on-Sea (Southend) (GBR)
1984: re-engined diesel Kelvin, 90bhp
1985: To "Riley Banks Marine Ltd" (GBR), renamed BEAVER II
1986-87: To ?? at Wallesy (GBR)
1988: To "NOD tugs" at Maldon (GBR)
19xx: To "CONOCO - Continental Oil Co" at London (the bunkering people on the Thames) (GBR)
199x: To ?? at London for use in the dock system
199x: sank while handling barges, raised
1994: spotted at Creeksea on the River Crouch (GBR)
1999 -xx/07: Out of sevice. Thought to have been towed to the Medway (GBR)
fate unknown

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