MV Edmund Gardner

MV Edmund Gardner

Edmund Gardner in Canning Dock
History
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	IMO number: 5097228 Callsign: GRCX
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics [1]
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	54, including 32 pilots 11 apprentices
Notes	Boats carried: 2x5.8 metres (19 ft) motor launches 2x8.2 metres (27 ft) oared boats

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.