LONDON AND ROCHESTER MOTOR BARGES TROT

A trot of London and Rochester motor barges moored on the River Medway seen from Strood. Vessel listed from left to right are LIBATION – LOCATOR – LOBE – GILLATION – LODELLA – FUNCTION.

LIBATION - IMO : 7006429

Built 1969, by London and Rochester Trading Co Ltd, Rochester, UK (Yard # 108) as LIBATION

GRT : 198 / DWT : 300

Length(LPP) : 30.6 metres x Beam 6.9 metres.

Machinery : 1 shaft driven by a English Electric Diesels Ltd (Kelvin) -? stroke single acting 6 cylinder oil engine

Speed : 8.0 knots

 

History………………. POR = Port of Registry

1969: LIBATION : London and Rochester Trading Co Ltd : POR Rochester

19??: LIBATION : Keith W Marsh: POR Rochester

2006:Broken up at Greenwich

 

LOCATOR – ON: 340351

Built 1970, by John R. Hepworth & Co. (Hull) Ltd., Paull (Yard # 110) as LOCATOR

GRT : 191 / DWT : 312

Overall Length : 31.6 metres x Beam 6.8 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a Kelvin : 4-stroke single acting 6-cylinder oil engine manufactured by Bergius & Co. Ltd.

Speed : ? knots

 

History

1970: LOCATOR : London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Rochester

1984: LOCATOR : Bartlett Creek Shipping Ltd., Gillingham

2007: LOCATOR : Michael Mellet, Galway

2008: LOCATOR : Atno

2021: Still in service (Equasis)

 

LOBE – ON: 335997

Built 1969, by Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd., London (Yard # 2562) as LOBE

GRT : 191 / DWT : 312

Overall Length : 31.6 metres x Beam 6.8 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a Kelvin : 4-stroke single acting 6-cylinder oil engine manufactured by Bergius & Co. Ltd.

Speed : ? knots

 

History

1969: LOBE : London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Rochester

1984: LOBE : Alan Dominy, Southampton

1986: LOBE : Portside Marine Services Ltd., Southampton

1988: LOBE : Alan, Annette, David and Michael Pratt, Gillingham

1994: MARK PRIOR : J. J. Prior (Transport) Ltd., Fingringhoe

•1999: Converted into a sand carrier.

2019: Broken up.

 

GILLATION – ON: 305829

Built 1964, by London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Strood (Yard # 104) as GILLATION

GRT : 195 / DWT : 254

Overall Length : 31.6 metres x Beam 6.8 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a Kelvin : 4-stroke single acting 6-cylinder oil engine manufactured by Bergius & Co. Ltd.

Speed : ? knots

 

History

1964: GILLATION : London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Rochester

1983: CAPETAN COSTAS : Elsey Investment Inc., Panama - Ermiokal Shipping, Piraeus

1983: CAPETAN COSTAS : Ermiokal Shipping, Piraeus

1999: PAVLOS S : Pantelis Koumianos, Piraeus

2019: Reported as abandoned 'for many years' at Kalymnos.

 

LODELLA - ON : 340363

Built 1971, by John R. Hepworth & Co. (Hull) Ltd., Paull (Yard # 111) as ??

GRT : 181 / DWT : 315

Overall Length : 31.7 metres x Beam 6.8 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a Kelvin: 4-stroke single acting 6-cylinder oil engine manufactured by English Electric Diesels Ltd.

 

History

1971: London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Rochester

1984: T. & D. Murrell & T. Wood, Southall

1991: Bartlett Creek Shipping Ltd., Gillingham

2004: J. J. Prior (Transport) Ltd., Fingringhoe

2007: Michael Mellett Snr., Galway

2019: Broken up.

 

FUNCTION - IMO : 5411242

Built 1963, by NV Scheepswerf Gebr.Coops, Hoogezand, Netherlands (Yard # 231) as FUNCTION

GRT : 196 / DWT : 243

Overall Length : 30.4 metres x Beam 6.7 metres.

Machinery : 1 Screw driven by a Kelvin : 4-stroke single acting 6-cylinder oil engine manufactured by Bergius & Co. Ltd.

Speed : ? knots

 

History POR = Port of Registry

1963: FUNCTION : London and Rochester Trading Co. Ltd. : POR ??.

1983: SARK TRADER : Marine Services Ltd : POR ?? Guernsey

1997: Fire, total loss.

 

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