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CERVIA - IMO 5067534
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CERVIA was built in Aberdeen in 1946 as EMPIRE RAYMOND becoming CERVIA 1n 1947 and served on the Thames I think as part of Watkins' fleet until absorbed into London Tugs.
After withdrawal she was engaged on coastal towage and was seen on the Clyde on a few occasions.This was taken in August 1975 and I think she was in to tow the old naval vessel lying inside at Greenock/s Customhouse Quay.
I believe she is still at Ramsgate under preservation.
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- Empire Raymond (Until 1947)
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UK Navy Empire tug, Foremost-class
Registered: LR47-48:05747 /LR50-51:55212 /LR56-57:55800 /LR60-61:56410
IMO 5067534 /(GBR)ON 180997
233 GRT,
Loa:34,40m(32,01), B:8,26m, D:3,550m(3,81) (112.8'(105.2')x27.1'x11.7' or 112'10"(105'0")x27'1"x11'7.3/4"(12'6"))
Machinery: 1 scr, T3cyl by shipbuilders, oil fired, 144nhp-700ihp
EMPIRE RAYMOND
1946 -21/01: Launched by "A. Hall & Co" at Aberdeen (GBR) (YN 709)
1946 -30/04: delivered to Ministry Of Transport, handed over to "Townsend Brothers Ferries Ltd" at London for onward delivery
1946: Sold to "William Watkins Ltd" for £36,000, mng J.R. Watkins at London (GBR) (GBR flag, regd London, ON 180997, c/s GDPM)
1947: renamed CERVIA
1954 -25/10: capsized and sank while towing the turbine steamer Arcadia at Tilbury (GBR) (master + 4 crew lost)
1954 -28/10: raised and repaired at Ramsgate (GBR)
1955: mng "Ship Towage (London) Ltd"
1968: amalgamation between "William Watkins Ltd" and "W.H.J. Alexander Ltd" to form "London Tugs Ltd" (GBR) ("Ship Towage (London) Ltd" still managers)
1971 -xx/06: laid up with surveys overdue (reported an unknown Australian party agreed the purchase: sale not completed)
1972 -xx/03: Sold to Mrs M.L. Brain and Stevens as an exhibit to the new Medway Maritime Museum (GBR) but soon returned to towage work, operated by "ITL - International Towing Ltd"
1976: Sold to "ITL - International Towing Ltd", mng M.L. Brain at Sittingbourne (GBR)
1979: transferred to Ramsgate (GBR)
1984: transferred on permanent loan to the East Kent Maritime Museum at Ramsgate (GBR) has been worked on by groups from the "Manpower ServicesCommission", partly restored in William Watkins livery
2005: still in existence
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