Layout improvements and modifications required by the BOT (What did they wantĮxactly?) On 30th May 1971 a shell exploded in the Sand Swift & Sand Swan but with an aft facing dredge pipe together with With a hull similar hull to that of the Sand She was still registeredīolson & Sons launched the 1168grt Sand Skua for South Coast P.D.James who converted her to an aggregate dredger. Shipbreakers Ltd however she joined the dredging fleet of T.J.Bowen & The Portsmouth yard of Pounds Shipowners & 1968 saw herĪrrival in the Solent where she was expected to be broken up at Short time in the trade dredging for tin was not a success.
Her as a tin dredger, the conversion work was clearly extensive and by her Of Hayle in Cornwall, for Coastal Prospecting Co Ltd who acquired her in 1966,Ĭonverted her and named her Baymead. She first worked as a dredger, for tin out Selling her to Steersman Shipping Co Ltd who, in turn, sold her to the
Operated her under the name Chartsman for ten years before On 14 th October 1943 and delivered to her owners in February Transport mv Empire Boxer was launched at the yard of Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd
