Massey Shaw in South Dock, Isle of Dogs, London (July 2021)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Massey Shaw |
Namesake | Eyre Massey Shaw |
Owner | The Massey Shaw and Marine Vessels Preservation Society Limited |
Operator | London Fire Brigade |
Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Cost | £18,000 |
Launched | 1935 |
In service | 1935 |
Out of service | 1971 |
Homeport | London |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Fire float |
Tonnage | 50.54 GT |
Length | 78 ft (24 m) o/a |
Beam | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
Draught | 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) |
Decks | Teak |
Installed power | 1 × Russell Newbery 2-cylinder Type D2 diesel engine |
Propulsion | 2 × 165 bhp (123 kW) 8-cylinder Gleniffer DC8 diesel engines |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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Massey Shaw is a former London Fire Brigade fireboat, named after the first Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw. Built in 1935 and decommissioned in 1971, the vessel was restored in the early 21st century and is moored in London's West India Docks.