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Grab rake dredger (according to contemporary Lloyd's books)/grab hopper dredger (according to www.clydeships.co.uk) (or are they the same thing?) at Glasson Dock, Lancaster, November 1976
Owner: Lancaster Port Commission
Flag: British
Builder: Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew (Hull-988)
Gross tons: 127
Deadweight: 112
Length overall: 30.69 m
Main engine: compound steam engine, 150 I.h.p., by builders
Completed 1936 as “Mannin” for the Isle of Man Harbour Commissioners, Douglas
Owner's restyled Isle of Man Harbour Board 1948
(Date?) renamed “Mannin 2” during the completion of a replacement “Mannin”
Sold 1972 to Henry Goldsmith (Seafresh Ltd),, Port St Mary, I.O.M.
Bought 1974 to Lancaster Port Commission
Sold 1981 to Mr Derek Edisbury; displayed at the Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port.
Gradually deteriorated to the point where she was removed from the museum & laid up at Weston Point Docks, Runcorn; eventually sank & was demolished on site.
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