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Name: ADUR II launched as RADIANT
Launched: 03/10/1909
Completed: 1910
Builder: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 598
Dimensions: 54grt, 24nrt, 56.2 x 14.4 x 7.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (13 & 26 x 18ins), 40nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132701
History:
16/04/1912 Thomas R Westray, London
1914 REV James Ltd, Southampton
1919 London & South-Western and London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Companies
1922 Southern Railway Co, London
1925 Shoreham Harbour Trustees
1938 Peter Foster & Co Ltd, Hull
1942 H Covington & Sons Ltd, Battersea, London
1946 Standard Lighterage Co Ltd, Liverpool
10/08/1946 Sank
Comments: Built as a subcontract from J Pollock & Sons & Co Ltd, Naval Architects, London
Pollock's contract number 264 and intended for Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London
03/10/1909: Launched as RADIANT for J Pollock & Sons & Co Ltd
Tyne Improvement Commissioners records have launch as 12/10/1909
Lloyd's Register records have launch as 13/10/1909
05/08/1914 to 15/03/1919 on Admiralty service at Portsmouth
13/06/1946: Sailed from the Thames for Liverpool
15/06/1946: Diverted into Newhaven in a sinking condition due to leaks & faulty pumps
16/06/1946: Heeled over and sank at a berth
28/06/1946: Re-floated & repaired by the Southern Railway Co
28/07/1946: Sailed from Newhaven for Liverpool
31/07/1946: Entered Portland to carry out engine repairs
03/08/1946: Sailed from Portland for Liverpool
04/08/1946: Entered Falmouth to carry out engine repairs
09/08/1946: Sailed from Falmouth for Liverpool
10/08/1946: Foundered 1 mile north of Hartland Point


Above photo is courtesy of John Faulkner