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Bowbelle - Dredger 1287 grt / 1964 blt / UK / 6413235 Underway Thames - 1973 Dave Smith Collection / B.Dorman 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 992 BILLO - 1996 BOM REI History ===== 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. -
Bowbelle - Dredger 1287 grt / 1964 blt / UK / 6413235 Underway Thames,London - May 1990 Dave Smith Collection / B.Dorman 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 992 BILLO - 1996 BOM REI History ===== 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.