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RIO

Ex: 1935 CALLIOPE, 198x RIO
80 GRT
Machinery: 1 scr, diesel Bolinder, 60bhp
Re-engined 19xx (by 1959) diesel Gardner type 6LW, 310bhp


CALLIOPE
1935: Built by "T. van Duijvendijk's Scheepswerf" at Lekkerkerk (NLD) (YN 18)
1935: Delivered to "Greenhithe Lighterage Co Ltd" at Greenhithe (GBR)
198x: To one of this company's directors after the company was taken over
198x: To "GPS - General Port Services Ltd" at London (GBR), renamed RIO
1998 -12/09: Spotted at Canary Wharf (London)
2000?: Spotted at Hoo Marina, Medway
2007: Still at Hoo Marina, In very poor state, wheelhouse stripped and paint stripped to undercoat.

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