{"id":7120,"date":"2021-12-18T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/?page_id=7120"},"modified":"2024-11-02T21:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T21:10:33","slug":"edward-batters-of-bridwater-1908-1934","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/people\/transport\/bridgwater-ships\/edward-batters-of-bridwater-1908-1934\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Batters of Bridwater 1908-1934"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Edward-Batters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Edward-Batters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7121\" style=\"width:744px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Edward-Batters.jpg 744w, https:\/\/bridgwaterheritage.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Edward-Batters-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photograph of the Edward Batters taken 19 April 1928, moored at West Quay, Bridgwater. The corner with Castle Street can be seen on the top right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Edward Batters was a tugboat, built in South Shields by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gracesguide.co.uk\/J._T._Eltringham_and_Co\">James T. Eltringham &amp; Co<\/a>. She was made of steel and about 34 tons displacement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was built for service on the Point of Ayr (the northernmost point of mainland Wales), replacing an older tug called the <em>Dove<\/em>, and was captained by a John William Edwards (<em>Prestatyn Weekly<\/em>, 13 June 1908 and Flintshire County Herald, 1 October 1937).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was registered in Bridgwater in <a href=\"https:\/\/crewlist.org.uk\/data\/viewimages?regtype=MNL&amp;year=1930&amp;name=EDWARD%20BATTERS&amp;steamsail=Steam&amp;page=169\">1922<\/a>, being owned by the Bridgwater Steam Towing Company, and managed by Lewis Willie Nurse of 6 Alexandria Road, Bridgwater. She will have been used to tow larger vessels from the Bristol Channel to the docks or West Quay, and back out again, especially against the tide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1927 she collided with the steamer <em>Ribblemere<\/em>, which she was towing up the Parrett, when the pilot of the larger vessel made a decision that resulted in the hit (Liverpool Daily Post, 29 October 1927). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Edward Batters was broken up at Newport in 1934. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See James Nurse, <em>The Nurse Family of Bridgwater and their ships<\/em> (1999).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edward Batters was a tugboat, built in South Shields by James T. Eltringham &amp; Co. She was made of steel and about 34 tons displacement. 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