File 600 'Vessel to replace buoy yacht 'Queen'

Reference No:: C DPD/1/3/5/1/274
Dates:: 19 Oct 1950-31 Dec 1951
Description:: File comprises correspondence between the engineer to the Humber Conservancy Board, various ship building companies and equipment suppliers (for propellers, winches, etc.), the Ministry of Transport, London, and Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Hull, regarding the construction of a new buoy ship for the Board, which replaced the Board’s vessel, B.Y. Queen. Includes a report on the Queen, a specification for the vessel, and tenders from various ship building companies. The Board Purchased the vessel S.S. Charles McIver (later to be re-named J.H. Haworth) from the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries Joint Committee, and fitted stronger winches etc. to it. Also includes correspondence with Thos. McLaren and Co. Ltd. Glasgow, regarding the terms and conditions for the sale of the vessel.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull City Archives
Collection:: Records of Humber Conservancy and the Humber Ports (Records deposited by Associated British Ports and its Predecessors)