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JOHN HARKER SHIPYARD KNOTTINGLEY

18th FEBRUARY 1965

' EDWIN PITTWOOD '

Official No.305789

Edwin Pittwood launched at John Harker's shipyard in Knottingley

Registered at Hull number 20 on 7th June 1965. A general cargo steel barge with a six-cylinder Bergins Kelvin engine built by Harker's in 1965 for Flixborough Shipping Company of Scunthorpe. Measurements 109.76ft x 17.55ft x 7.85ft, gross tonnage 141.33, register 126.53. Rebuilt in 1970 and re-registered number 27 on 11th May 1970, new tonnage gross 168.09, register 126.53. Sold to Kevin Bernard Mason of Newark on 1st November 1985.

Edwin Pittwood launched at John Harker's shipyard in Knottingley

Edwin Pittwood launched at John Harker's shipyard in Knottingley

Edwin Pittwood launched at John Harker's shipyard in Knottingley

Edwin Pittwood launched at John Harker's shipyard in Knottingley