Registration number
2423
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Cargo Vessel
Subfunction
Barge
Location
Purton
Vessel type
Ferro Concrete Barge
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.friendsofpurton.org.uk
Construction
Builder
Wates Building Group Limited, Barrow in Furness
Built in
1941
Hull material
Ferro-concrete
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Towed
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
21.31 feet
(6.50m)
Depth
3.44 feet
(1.05m)
Length: Overall
64.26 feet
(19.60m)
History
FCB78 is one of thirty nine such Stem Head design vessels that were built during World War II. These concrete barges were the test beds for the Mulberry Harbour temporary and portable harbour system for the D Day landings. FCB 67 was beached at Purton in the Spring of 1962 as part of the River Severn and Gloucester and Sharpness canal foreshore strengthening scheme which commenced in 1909.
The construction method proved the use of prefabricated concrete for military use which was realised in the Mulberry projects for the D Day landings.
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