Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Barrhead

	GUCC Fleet No.	228
	Class	Town
	Original Type:	Butty
	Known As	Large Woolwich
	Date Built	21.9.37
	Hull Construction	Steel
	Registered	RICK 180
	Intended Paring	109

History

Converted with a rudimentary motor conversion and is being worked on at Brinklow April 2007. The photo is in Limehouse dock and steel coils are being put aboard, next to her is the original paired butty "Barrhead".

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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