Flip | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2486

Status Archived

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Details

Function Cargo Vessel

Subfunction Barge

Location NONE

Vessel type Humber Keel

Archive reason Disposed

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Web address www.gooleships.co.uk

Construction

Builder Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

Built in 1913

Hull material Steel

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

16.00 feet (4.88m)

Depth

7.00 feet (2.14m)

Length: Overall

97.00 feet (29.59m)

History

FLIP was a Humber Keel: a barge of steel plate construction with a Lister JK6 diesel engine. She was built in 1913 by the Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Limited. The vessel did remain based in Goole where, at the time of registration in 2011, she was undergoing restoration.

This craft is a previously registered historic vessel which no longer survives. At the time of its loss, the vessel details were entered on the National Archive of Historic Vessels. However, NHS-UK holds insufficient data to fully complete this record. If you are aware of any information, images, sources or other material relating to this vessel, please contact us on: info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk,