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JOHN HARKER SHIPYARD KNOTTINGLEY

24th OCTOBER 1961

' BROCODALE '

Official No.301680

John Harker's Brocodale

Registered at Hull number 33 on 19th December 1961. A steel tanker barge with a four-cylinder Davy Paxman engine built by Harker's in 1961. Measurements 137.85ft x 17.55ft x 7.75ft, gross tonnage 173.19, register 97.15. A six-cylinder Dorman engine was installed in 1966. Sold to John H Whitaker (Tankers) Ltd., 29th March 1976.

John Harker's Brocodale

John Harker's Brocodale

John Harker's Brocodale