Name: | RIXTON |
Launched: | 07/03/1905 |
Completed: | 04/1905 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 251 |
Dimensions: | 158grt, 6nrt, 100.0 x 20.1 x 10.0ft; (1955: 151grt, 148nrt, 100.0 x 20.1 x 9.8ft) |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (30 & 30 x 54ins), 66nhp, 450ihp |
Engines By: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 119590 |
History: | |
04/1905 | Manchester Ship Canal Co, Manchester |
11/1955 | The "Shamrock 2nd" Barge Co Ltd, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
1958 | Liverpool Lighterage Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1959 | Renamed WHITE STAR |
1971 | Bulk Cargo Handling Services Ltd, Liverpool |
06/1975 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1955: Converted to dumb barge |
06/1975: Broken up at Wood End, Widnes | |
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Shields Daily News, Friday, 10/03/1905