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KHURDAH

Registered: (GBR)ON 160702
50 GRT, 0 NRT, (60'0"x16'0"x6'8")
1 scr, diesel 6cyl Atlas-Diesel, Stockholm, type M61?, 500bhp, sp 8kn
re-engined 1959 diesel 5cyl (1936) Polar-Atlas type M6, 375 bhp, sp 10kn
re-engined 1964 diesel Lister, 495bhp-369kW

KHURDAH
1930 -xx/07: Launched by "Medway Slipway & Co" (J.P. Knight) at Rochester (keel laid -04/1928)
1931 -xx/01: delivered to "J.P. Knight" (Thames Lighterage) at London
1943: engine rebuilt at Rochester
1959: re-engined diesel 5cyl (1936) Polar-Atlas type M6, 375 bhp
(second hand from a Port Clyde Pilot vessel), fitted by "Greenwich Marine" at Rochester
1962: To "J.P. Knight (London) Ltd" at London
1964: re-engined diesel Lister, 495bhp-369kW, fitted by "R.H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd" at Blackwall
1982: broken up at Grays, Essex [not on T W Ward Ltd lists - 1982 was a bit late for them]

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