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Belmont

	GUCC Fleet No.	233
	Class	Town
	Original Type:	Butty
	Known As	Large Woolwich
	Date Built	28.10.36
	Hull Construction	Steel
	Registered	BREN 595
	Intended Paring	114

History

Sold to blue line.Now a museum exhibit awaiting restoration at Snibston discovery park, Coalville. Footnote: Park is now closed, fate of Belmont unknown.

Factoids

No. 37 - Lisburn Standard - Friday, 31 May, 1918 A new world's record in riveting was made at Harland & Wolff's, Belfast, this week, by John Lowry, who put in 7,841 rivets in nine hours, and also made a record of 923 for one hour. The Lord Mayor witnessed a portion of the performance, and congratulated Lowry when he passed the record of 6,783, made last week by William Smith at Clydebank.

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