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TWYFORD
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TWYFORD

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date7 August 1952
Object NameSALVAGE VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 200 3/6' x breadth 36 1/12' x depth 17 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1104 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000182
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 237
Official number: 185249

Fate: Unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1980-81.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Salvage vessel

Owners:
1953-80: Risdon Beazley Ltd, Southampton, registered Southampton.

General History:
07/08/1952: Launched.
16/10/1952: Trial trip.

Note: Engines built by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. Engine number 309, boiler by Denny.
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1882
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1852
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1917
BEN ARDNA
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9 December 1912
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1873
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PRINCESS ROYAL
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1906
VISION
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1962
ARCHIMEDES
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13 February 1895
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1955
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11 April 1972