Registration number652
StatusRegistered
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Peter P - port side view

Previous names

  • 1915 - 1957X57
  • 1957 - 1964Fence

Details

FunctionNaval & Military Vessel
SubfunctionLanding Craft
LocationBarking Creek
Vessel typeLighter - X
Current usePrivate use
Available to hireNo
Available for excursionsNo

Construction

BuilderSunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built in1915
Hull materialOther metal
RigNone
Number of decks1
PropulsionMotor
Number of engines1
Primary engine typeDiesel
Boiler typeNone
BoilermakerNone

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
21.34 feet(6.51m)
Depth
8.00 feet(2.44m)
Length: Overall
109.93 feet(33.53m)
Tonnage: Gross
186.00

History

Built in 1915 by Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Limited, PETER P was a landing craft, serving in the Gallipoli campaign in 1916. Although not confirmed, she is also believed to have served in Operation Dynamo during the Second World War. She was rebuilt in 1964 and acquired by the aggregates company JJ Prior for use as a sand carrier. She remained of riveted construction, but the height of her hull was extended at this time, the prow re-modelled and the wheelhouse changed, although she does retain the aft engine room housing. The current owner purchased PETER P in 1999 and has converted the former holds into living accommodation as a houseboat. The engine room has been kept and the former timber wheelhouse has been replaced with one of steel construction.

Sources

Lloyds Register of Ships 1995-6,Lloyd's of London, pp122, Volume P-Z, 1995
Lloyds Register of Ships 1997-8,Lloyd's of London, pp125, Volume A-G, 1998 

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