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JOHN HARKER SHIPYARD KNOTTINGLEY

8th JUNE 1961

' EMMA HUNT '

Official No.301668

Launch of Elsie Hunt at John Harker's shipyard in Knottingley

Registered at Hull number 22 on the 24th July 1961. A general cargo steel barge with an eight-cylinder Petters engine built by Harkers in 1961 for John Hunt & Sons (Leeds) Limited. Measurements 96.65ft x 17.55ft x 7.35ft, gross tonnage 118.68, register 84.51.