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 Launch of PEACOCK VENTURE at Wivenhoe, 1981. The biggest ship ever built on the Colne. Built James W. Cook & Co., yard No. 1468.
IMO No. 8027391, Official No. 389461, 998 tons gross. Renamed ALICE-1988, BLUEBIRD-1995. [Details from Ships Built on the River Colne CD 2009] 
Cat1 Ships and Boats-->Merchant -->Power Cat2 Places-->Wivenhoe-->Shipyards Cat3 Places-->Colne

Launch of PEACOCK VENTURE at Wivenhoe, 1981. The biggest ship ever built on the Colne. Built James W. Cook & Co., yard No. 1468. IMO No. 8027391, Official No. 389461, 998 tons gross. Renamed ALICE-1988, BLUEBIRD-1995. [Details from Ships Built on the River Colne CD 2009]
Date: 26 November 1981      


Photo: Mersea Museum - Derek Sands
Image ID SHP_SAN_706
Category 1 Ships and Boats-->Merchant -->Power
Category 2 Places-->Wivenhoe-->Shipyards
Category 3 Places-->Colne


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.