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| Ship: | ESSEX FERRY | | Arrived: | 17 Dec 1982 | | Departed: | 28 Apr 1983 | | Career: | Sold for breaking up to Medway Secondary Metals, Rainham, Kent, arrived 29 Apr 1983. Converted to pontoon and renamed ESSEX FERRY PONTOON. Towed to Haugesund, Norway to assist in salvage work and then broken up in Norway.
There is a short history and a photograph of her laid up in the Blackwater on www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/mv-essex-ferry-ii-past-and-present/
| | Tonnage: | 3,242 gross | | Built: | 1957 | | Type: | Ferry | | Owner: | British Rail | | LR/IMO Number: | 5106653 | | ID | 5106653 |
| Above: Tug ARGUS T turning the ESSEX FERRY, believed to be on her departure from the Blackwater. Date: c1983.
Source: Mersea Museum / Ashley Upsher Collection | 
| Above: ESSEX FERRY laid up in the River Blackwater. Date: 1982.
Source: Mersea Museum / Brian Fisher |
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