MV Edmund Gardner
Edmund Gardner in Canning Dock | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Edmund Gardner |
| Namesake | Edmund Gardner, chairman |
| Owner | Mersey Docks and Harbour Board |
| Operator | Liverpool Pilotage Authority |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Ordered | July 1951 |
| Builder | Philip and Son, Dartmouth |
| Cost | £189,230 |
| Launched | 9 July 1953 |
| Acquired | 2 December 1953 |
| Out of service | April 1981 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 701 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement | 768.36 tonnes |
| Length | 54.1 metres (177 ft) |
| Beam | 9.6 metres (31 ft) |
| Draught | 3.1 metres (10 ft) for'd: 3.7 metres (12 ft) aft |
| Installed power | 1280 bhp |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric: 2x 6cyl, 640bhp National diesel engines |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Crew |
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| Notes |
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MV Edmund Gardner is a retired pilot cutter built for the Liverpool Pilot Service after the Second World War. She was decommissioned after nearly 30 years service converted to a museum ship as part of the Merseyside Maritime Museum.