The
‘Wandale H’, a motor tanker launched from the Knottingley shipyard of
John Harker Ltd., on Tuesday will be the second vessel built by the firm
within a year to make a sea trip halfway round the English coast. She is
for the firm’s service in the Bristol Channel area, and will be able to
go up the River Severn as far as Worcester. In a few weeks she will leave
on her long maiden voyage.
Accommodating a crew of four in modern style,
the ‘Wandale’ measures 135 feet by nine feet, carries a lifeboat and
has a loading line which will enable her to ply between Bristol and
Swansea.
The launching ceremony was performed before a large crowd, which
included many school children, by Miss Bagley, daughter of Dr. S.B.
Bagley, C.B.E. J.P., who later received a commemorative powder compact
from the Managing Director of John Harker, Ltd., Mr. G.L. Lyon.
The ‘Wandale’
is the largest type of vessel which can trade to Worcester, She has a 390
tons carrying capacity, Of two sister ships to be built by the firm, one
is already well advanced.
