Daniel Adamson

Status: Undergoing renovation

Owner: Daniel Adamson Preservation Society

Website: http://www.danieladamson.com

Area: UK-North West

Hull

Tug. Construction: Steel.
Built 1903 by Tranmere Bay Development Co. Ltd. at Birkenhead
LWL: 110' 0", Beam: 22' 8", Draft: 10' 0", Displacement: 346000 lbs.
No.222.

Boiler

Scotch Marine, 3 furnace Built 1953 by J.G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd. at Greenock
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi,
194 tubes.
Full set of auxiliary steam pumps.

Engine

Propeller

Cast Iron, 4 blades,
2 props, outward turning

History

Built for the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co. as the RALPH BROCKLEBANK to run a barge towage and passenger packet service between Ellesmere Port & Liverpool - Sold to the Manchester Ship Canal Co. in 1922 for towing duties on the MSC - Refitted in 1936 as the Directors launch and inspection vessel and renamed as the Daniel Adamson - Major refit in 1953 and new boiler fitted - Taken out of service 1984 - Moved to the Boat Muesum at Ellesmere Port 1986 - Bought by the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society in 2004 for £1 to save her from the scrapman's torch and moved to Salisbury Dock, Liverpool - Over the next ten years the vessel was moved to Sandon Dock, Liverpool and the Society embarked on a plan of conservation and restoration using a team of volunteers - Awarded a £3.8M grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2015 to fully restore the vessel to a fully working passenger carrying tug tender.

On the Manchester Ship Canal in 1979 (John Slavin)