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Name: C B NO 16
Type: Tank Barge
Launched: 13/10/1947
Completed: 1947
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 113
Dimensions: 66grt
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1947 Burmah Oil Co Ltd, Rangoon
No further history known
Comments: 13/10/1947: Not launched, but lifted into the river by TITAN II.
The "launch" consisted of three lifts:
First the centre section into which was lifted the fore and aft ends.
24/11/1947: Loaded onto PEGU at Jarrow Slake for shipment to Burmah.
Consignment consisted of MON, YAW, C B nos 16, 17, 18 & 19.
1948: Re-assembled in Burmah.