Registration number 1891
Status Registered
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LTC No 6 being loaded with dredgings at Douglas marina
LTC No 6 being towed in from dumping by the Wendy Ann

Previous names

  • 1936 - 1998 No 6

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Hopper/dredger
Location Douglas
Vessel type Dumb Hopper Barge
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Hill, Chas, Bristol
Built in 1936
Hull material Steel
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
18.00 feet (5.49m)
Depth
6.50 feet (1.98m)
Length: Overall
80.00 feet (24.40m)
Tonnage: Gross
45.00

History

The hopper barge LTC No 6 was one of two built by Chas Hill of the Albion Dockyard Bristol in 1936 for the Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation Company and is a bottom dump hopper barge of 172 deadweight tons. It was built as one of two identical sisters for use primarily in dredging Sharpness Docks and the Gloucester Sharpness Canal. At some point, she was purchased by the British Waterways Board, and later by F. Larkum of Newnham on Severn. in 1998, Laxey Towing Company Limited purchased the barge, which they still operate.

Key dates

  • 1936

    Built by Chas Hill of Albion Dockyard, Bristol
  • 1998

    Purchased by S Carter of Laxey Towing Company Limited

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