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Southgate (Motor barge) - (1925-1955)
Motor barge "Southgate" in Southampton Water on 4th July, 1949.
( Photo G.A. Osbon )
"Southgate".
Southgate, Motor barge for service in Southampton Water.
143 GRT, Built 12.1925 by Amble Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Amble.
Measurements: 92 feet length x 19 feet breadth.
Engines: Oil, aft.
1955: Sold to H. G. Pounds, Portsmouth).
1956:Sold as Cisterna to P. Schipper, Holland.
1957: Sold as Piet Schipper to P. Schipper, Holland.
Converted from a tanker and re-engined (oil).
10.5.1960: Foundered three miles from Haisborough Light, North Sea,
after cargo of steel plate shifted on voyage from Antwerp to Boston, Lines.
"Piet Schipper", ex. "Cisterna", ex "Southgate".
"Piet Schipper", ex. "Cisterna", ex "Southgate".
"Piet Schipper", ex. "Cisterna", ex "Southgate".
"Piet Schipper", ex. "Cisterna", ex "Southgate".