Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

Hyades

	GUCC Fleet No.	292
	Class	Star
	Original Type:	Butty
	Known As	Small Woolwich
	Date Built	3.9.35
	Hull Construction	Iron Composite
	Registered	BREN 515
	Intended Paring	53

History

trip boat in Devon on Grand Western Canal, she is currently on the bank awaiting work on her wooden bottom. (Photo:Horse-drawn trip boat Hyades in Tiverton Basin, 1981)

Factoids

No. 1 - Samson and Goliath The cranes, are of Krupp Ardelt design, modified to meet Harland and Wolff's special requirements. The first, Goliath, completed in July 1969, was largely constructed by Harland and Wolff in the Belfast shipyard, the second, Samson, was provided in its entirety by Krupps and was completed in May 1974.

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