Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Arcas

	GUCC Fleet No.	11
	Class	Star
	Original Type:	Motor
	Known As	Small Woolwich
	Date Built	18.12.35
	Hull Construction	Steel Composite
	Registered	BREN 558
	Intended Paring	221

History

Shortened to 40ft by Brithish Waterways, in use as a maintenance boat based at Marsworth (Maffers) tug format.

Factoids

No. 31 - The Nicholson Shed In the 1920s and due to the christian preaching of W.P. Nicholson, the yard named a shed the "Nicholson shed,”it had to be erected to house stolen tools that newly converted shipyard employees returned as a result of his preaching. Finally, Harland and Wolff declared an amnesty, forgiving all who had stolen tools and materials because there was nowhere else to store them.

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