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Photographer:Lee Brown [ View profile ]
Title:Brent
Photo Category:Steam Ships (operating And Preserved)
Added:Aug 2, 2007
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Image Resolution:1,600 x 1,200
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The steam tug BRENT undergoing restoration at Maldon in Essex.She was built in 1945 by Pickersgill & Sons at Sunderland as TID159 for the Ministry of Transport and had a two cylinder compound steam engine.Photo taken March 2003.
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ID-class (numbered from 1 to 183, no nr 13) (T.I.D.=Tug,Inshore and Dock)
Registered: LR50-51:53823 /LR56-57:54308 /LR60-61:54824
(GBR)ON 181130
54 GRT, 14 NRT,
Loa:21,87m(19,82), B:5,49m, D:1,836m(2,44) (74.0'(65.0')x17.0'x7.4' or 71'9"(65'0")x18'0"(17'0")x6'0.1/4"(8'0"))
Hull: Welded steel,
Machinery: 1 scr, C2cyl by "John Dickinson & Son Ltd" at Sunderland, (first 90 coal fired, next oil fired), 37nhp-220ihp, sp 8,5 kn
TID 159
1945: Built by "William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd" at Sunderland (GBR) (YN 286)
1945: delivered to the UK MOWT Ministry of War Transport (GBR) (GBR flag, regd London, ON 181130, c/s GCML)
1946 -12/04 to 09/1946: laid up (mng "Townsend Bros (Ferries) Ltd")
1946: To "PLA - Port of London Authority" at London (GBR)
1948: renamed BRENT
1969: for breaking up to "Stour Salvage Co" at Mistley, Essex (GBR)
1971: To "R. & J. Hall" at Maldon, Essex (GBR) for preservation
19xx: spotted in very poor condition in the mud of the Maldon, Essex (GBR), River Blackwater banks
2002: Spotted dry docked inside barge at Maldon (GBR)
2004: Spotted berthed at Maldon (GBR) in operational condition
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