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SHEEN

Registered: (GBR)ON 148571
52 GRT (later 48 GRT), (64'x14.9'x7.6')
built steam
re-engined 1958 diesel, 300bhp-224kW

SHEEN
1925: Built by "John Chambers" at Oulton Broad (GBR)
1925: delivered to "Tough & Henderson Ltd" at Teddington (GBR)
1958: re-engined diesel, 300bhp-224kW
1966: merging of "Tough & Henderson Ltd" with "Clements Knowling & Co Ltd" at Brentford (GBR)
to form "Clements-Tough Ltd (Dickinson Robinson Group)" at Brentford (GBR)
1978: "Clements-Tough Ltd" ceased trading, sold fleet to "Thames & General Lighterage Ltd" (GBR)
198x: spotted on Church Beach on the Penryn River at Penryn, Cornwall (GBR), in use as a houseboat, not operational
2002 -26/08: spotted near Rochester, alongside the ST. MAWES, operated by "Bradfield Marine"
2005: spotted on buoys at Strood (no sign of being a houseboat ??)
2009: Still at Strood

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