| Name: | CHIPCHASE |
| Launched: | 17/04/1953 |
| Completed: | 06/1953 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors), Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 182 |
| Dimensions: | 106grt, 81.9 x 21.3 x 8.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl |
| Engines By: | Plenty & Son |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 183900 |
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| History: | |
| 1953 | Blyth Harbour Commissioners |
| 1968 | Seaham Harbour Dock Company |
| 1981 | Treloar Bros, Newcastle |
| 1983 | Maryport Maritime Museum |
| 1998 | Broken up by Duddon Shipbreakers Ltd, Millom, Cumbria |
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| Comments: | 08/07/1964: Pulled over sideways (girted) and sank while assisting the collier |
| | BLACKWALL POINT at Blyth Dry Docks. |
| | She was subsequently raised and docked for repairs. |
| | Was to be preserved at Maryport, but museum ran out of money. |
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Above: Blyth Commissioners on their tour of the facilities
Above: After the accident with BLACKWALL POINT
Above: In dry dock after being raised
Above: At Seaham. Photo courtesy of Roy Lambeth
Above: At Seaham on 01/04/1969. Photo courtesy of Dennis Maccoy
Above: At Maryport in the good days. Photo courtesy of Roy Lambeth
Above: CHIPCHASE rusting away at Maryport
Above: CHIPCHASE ready for the breakers. Photo courtesy of Capt Stephen Carter
Above and below: CHIPCHASE being dismantled at Millom
