Registration number
1192
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1955 - 1969 Cormooring
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Location
Sheerness
Vessel type
Salvage Vessel
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Dunston, Richard, Thorne
Built in
1955
Hull material
Other metal
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
21.02 feet
(6.41m)
Breadth: Beam
21.02 feet
(6.41m)
Depth
9.25 feet
(2.82m)
Length: Overall
83.15 feet
(25.36m)
Tonnage: Gross
114.00
History
MEDWAY RHINO is a motorised salvage vessel, formerly named CORMOORING. She was built in 1955 by Richard Dunston Ltd. at Thorne as yard number T897. Her official number was 186306. She has one hold, 5.7 metres long, with a separate engine room. Her engine is a Bergius Kelvin with eight cylinders, which was new in 1966. She also has two generators of five kilowatts. MEDWAY RHINO has now been converted to a houseboat.
Update, October 2024: Vessel for sale
Sources
Lloyds Register of Ships 1997-8, Lloyd's of London, pp1228, Volumer A-G, 1998
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