Bowbelle
Dredger
1287/1964/UK/6413235
Underway Thames – May 1980
Dave Smith Collection
Notes:-
Built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon (Yd No 517)
Launched 11.6.1964
Completed 15.7.1964
First Owner F. Bowles & Sons Ltd, Cardiff
Other names 1992 BILLO – 1996 BOM REI
History
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966 British Dredging (Shipping) Ltd, Cardiff
1977 British Dredging Aggregates Ltd, Cardiff – reg Cardiff
1978 British Dredging (Sand & Gravel) Co Ltd, London – reg London
1984 East Coast Aggregates Ltd, London
1989 South Coast Shipping Co Ltd, Southampton
1990 East Coast Aggregates Ltd, Southampton
1992 Seal Sands Maritime Ltd, Gibraltar – mng Bilberry Shipping & Stevedores Ltd, Waterford – reg Kingstown VCT
1996 Antonio Pereira e Filhos Lda, Funchal PRT
20/8/1989 collided with and sank the pleasure vessel MARCHIONESS at Blackfriars, River Thames; 51 passengerswere drowned.
Sank 25/03/1996 – Broke in two & sank during storm while dredging off Ponto do Sol, Madalena do Mar, Madeira.
All crew lost.
