This distinctive dredger had its signal mast located aft of the bridge superstructure, an unusual but nevertheless attractive feature of the vessel.

 

She was sold by the British Transport Commission Garston Docks to the Westminster Dredging Company.

She occasionally worked on the River Mersey for them known as the W.D.Cressington serving as a hopper barge.

 

About 1980 she was sold to Dutch owners and renamed Stad Weesp,

Subsequenly being converted to a trailing suction dredger operating in Dutch and Belgian waters.

 

Sold for Scrap 1986.