Special Purpose Vessels – Tidy Thames Refuse Services at River Thames, UK
Thames Gateway Marine (TGM) run a fleet of two self propelled barges that are used for a waste removal service under the Tidy Thames Refuse Services brand. These are the 30.26 Metres waste disposal vessel EILEENA. She was built by De Noord NV Industrieel, Maats, Alblasserdam in Holland in 1930 and delivered to Ajax […]
Special Purpose Vessels – New Barges for recycling and waste management – 2023
CORY is a recycling and waste management company based in London. Originally founded as William Cory & Son in 1896, the company has operated vessels on the River Thames for more than 125 years, transporting a range of commodities and materials including coal, oil, aggregates and waste. Ships from Cory’s fleet supported Britain’s war efforts in both world wars, […]
Lifeboats – Tower RNLI Pier end of an era – 24.01.2023
On Tuesday 24th January, 2023 the longest serving station pier has finally left her mooring where she has been since the opening of Victoria embankment in 1870. The superstructure has changed a few times but now it’s all change and upgrades. She will be still afloat BUT to be used by Thames Marine Services on […]
Preserved Ships – CUTTY SARK (1869) – UK
One of the only three remaining original composite construction (wooden hull on an iron frame) clipper ships from the nineteenth century in part or whole is the clipper ship CUTTY SARK. Listed by National Historic Ships as part of the National Historic Fleet (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed Building). She was built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 […]
Preserved Ships – HQMS PRESIDENT (1918) – UK
One of the Preserved Ships that you find in the UK is HQMS PRESIDENT (1918). She’s permanently moored at the Victoria Embankment above Blackfriars Bridge in London at the River Thames. HMS SAXIFRAGE was launched in 1918 as a Flower Class anti-submarine Q Ship (Heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry used by the Royal […]
