Brunner Mond  and Alkali Division
CRAFT
(As Listed in 1948)
Ship Builder Type Date of Order Carrying Capacity Ultimate Fate
ESTUARIAL & RIVER CRAFT
Mayflower
--- Flat 1874 100 casks Not ordered by B. M. & Co.
Emmaline --- Flat 1874 100 casks ditto
Sarah --- Flat 1874 --- ditto
Nancy --- Flat 1877 --- ditto
Jane --- Flat 1878 --- ditto
Crescent --- Barge 1879 --- ---
Anne Jane --- Flat 1882 --- ---
Paragon --- Flat 1882 --- ---
Courage --- Liquor Boat 1882 --- ---
Patience --- Liquor Boat 1882 --- ---
Perseverence --- Liquor Boat 1882 --- Said to be at Linacre
Success --- Liquor Boat 1882 --- ---
Shamrock Woodcock Steam Boat 1888 220 Tons Sunk in Ashton's Flash after a collision in 1945
Rose Okell Steam Boat 1888 220 Tons Total loss in blitz at Liverpool in 1941
Thistle Woodcock Steam Boat 1890 225 Tons Damaged in River Weaver, subsequently sunk
Triumph Woodcock Barge 1891 100 Tons Still in service
Harry --- --- 1891 --- ---
Cambria Woodcock Steam Boat 1891 230 Tons Transferred to Salt Division
Waterwitch Stevensons Steam Boat 1894 69 Tons Last heard of in service on the River Dee
Scotia Woodcock Steam Boat 1894 230 Tons Transferred to the Salt Division in 1948
Hibernia Woodcock Steam Boat 1896 185 Tons The first iron boat
Anglia
[see picture, foot of page]
Yarwood Steam Boat 1903 240 Tons Sunk in Winsford Flashes
Caledonia Yarwood Steam Boat 1904 160 Tons 'Still with us'
Britannia Yarwood Steam Boat 1904 235 Tons ditto
Joyce Yarwood Dumb Barge 1907 110 Tons Sold to Burton & Son Ltd., Liverpool- Oct. 1st., 1948
Gwalia Yarwood Steam Boat 1907 260 Tons Transferred to the Salt Division
Crescent Yarwood Steam Boat 1910 325 Tons 'Still with us'
Egbert Yarwood Motor Boat 1911 130 Tons ditto
Felix Yarwood Steam Boat 1911 175 Tons Now liquor barge, was in France in 1914 War
Frida Yarwood Steam Boat 1911 175 Tons Now liquor barge, was in France in 1914 War
Agnes Yarwood Steam Boat 1912 280 Tons 'Still with us'
Madge Yarwood Steam Boat 1912 280 Tons ditto
Paddy Yarwood Motor Boat 1913 70 Tons ditto
Eva Yarwood Motor Boat 1913 70 Tons Now transferred to Salt Division - 1948
Persistence Yarwood Motor Boat 1913 64 Tons Transferred to Northwich Yachting Club in 1945
Eleanor Yarwood Steam Boat 1913 275 Tons 'Still with us'
Millicent Yarwood Steam Boat 1913 270 Tons ditto
Oswald Yarwood Steam Boat 1914 270 Tons ditto
Sheila Yarwood Steam Boat 1915 --- ---
Francis Poole Yarwood Steam Boat 1923 240 Tons 'Still with us'
Anderton Yarwood Steam Boat 1945 260 Tons ditto
Barnton Yarwood Steam Boat 1945 260 Tons ditto
Davenham Yarwood Steam Boat 1946 260 Tons ditto
James Jackson Grundy Yarwood Motor Vessel 1947 260 Tons ditto
Weaverham Yarwood Motor Vessel 1947 260 Tons ditto
Comberbach Yarwood Motor Vessel 1947 260 Tons ditto
Cuddington Yarwood Motor Vessel 1947 260 Tons ditto
Wincham Yarwood Motor Vessel 1947 260 Tons ditto
NOW BEING BUILT
Marbury
Pimblott Motor Vessel 1948 260 Tons [Launched October 1948]
Marston Pimblott Motor Vessel 1948 260 Tons -
COASTAL CRAFT
Lithium
Cochrane Selby Steam Boat 1917 250 Tons 'Still with us'
Helium
[See picture, foot of page]
Cochrane Selby Steam Boat 1917 250 Tons Sold this year
Barium Renoldson & Co. Steam Boat 1918 300 Tons 'Still with us'
Calcium --- Steam Boat --- --- Mined during the [1939-45] War
Indium --- Steam Boat --- --- No records, but was sold before 1939
Beeston --- Steam Boat 1920 --- Purchased by ICI in 1942. Was at the Normandy Beach Heads in 1944. Disposed of in 1946
Weston --- Steam Boat 1920 --- Purchased by ICI in 1942. Was at the Normandy Beach Heads in 1944. Disposed of in 1947
Sodium
[see link at 'Calcium']
Renoldson & Co. Steam Boat 1923 --- 'Still with us'
Jolly Days J. Lewis & Sons Motor Vessel 1935 350 Tons -
Cerium Goole Shpbg. Co. Motor Vessel 1944 300 Tons 'Still with us'
Thorium Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Motor Vessel 1947 584 Tons ditto
Polythene Goole Shipbg. Co. Motor Vessel 1948 300 Tons ---
Frontpage River Transport Tales of Gallantry History Index
The "Anglia"  (sunk in Winsford Flashes)
Here: at the Bicarb. Wharf, Winnington.
S.S "Helium"
(sold, 1948)
River / Estuarial Craft, left
Coastal Craft, below
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