Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      LIVERPOOL PACKET
Arrived:23 February 1963
Departed:27 June 1963
Career:From: www.bowatersteamshipcompany.no-ip.com/page4.html
Geoff Bray was an engineer with Bowaters and helped to lay-up the LIVERPOOL PACKET and the MARKLAND in the River Blackwater in Essex in 1963. The weather was freezing, there was ice flows in the river, all the boilers had been shut down so you can imagine how cold it must have been onboard, it was a brutal week and one that I won`t forget.
Built as ARGYLE PARK. Renamed LIVERPOOL PACKET-1946, WESTPORT-1963, ATHOS-1965, ARAMIS-1968. Broken up Split 3 Mar 1976.
Oyster Company ledger 23 February 1963 compensation 2 weeks 6 days.
25 May 1963 compensation 4 weeks - end of this ledger
Voyage Record Card: Arrived River Blackwater 23 February 1963 from Ridham Dock.
Sailed River Blackwater 27 June 1963 for River Tyne in tow tug SERVICEMAN. [ David Brown ]
Tonnage:2,894 gross
Built:1945
Type:Cargo ship
Owner:Markland Shipping Company
Official No:176028
ID1176028

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