Eddie Kirkpatricks Diving and Family Pages The Recovery Heavy Lift Vessel

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The Recovery Heavy Lift Vessel
The Recovery on Salvage Work
The Recovery on Hindostan
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Edward Kirkpatrick born 27 November 1938
Now married 7th May 1960
Eddie Married Continued
Now divorced June 1986
Building Burton house at Hornsea
Gillian Rose Smith and Eddie Kirkpatrick
Gill and Eddie
Gill and Eddie now married 20th December 1995
Gill and Eddie now married
Debbies and Martins Wedding
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"RECOVERY"
Built 1942 (rebuilt1962)
Tonnage 484
LOA 204 ft
BEAM 30ft
DEPTH 8ft
Twin Paxman Engines
Bow Thruster
Four Point Mooring System
Speed 8 Knots
Bow Lift 150 Tons
Nine other winches 5 TON to 20 Tons
Two 20ft Workboats
Recompression Chamber
Accommodation for 29 persons

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In the River Humber










LIFTING THE "BEAVER CREST"


Humber Divers Ltd acquired the contract for £10,000 to salvage the "BEAVER CREST" (River Humber)We lifted the boat within seven days.

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Wires have been strapped round the hull and then lifted off river bed

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We worked through the night to pump out the silt.
Now floating by itself

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Then we beached her on the side of the Humber bank.


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High and dry, we then pumped out all the silt and towed it to Albert Dock, Hull.

Working Steel Wire Coils From Sunk Ship In the River Humber

We acquired a contract to recover 200 ton of new steel wire coils, from a recently sunk ship in the River Humber. We recovered approx 100 ton.

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Grabbing for the wire


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The wire and wreck was only in 30ft depth

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More wire



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We recovered approx 80 ton out of 300 ton.

Aluminium Ingots From a Wreck off the Yorkshire Coast

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Aluminium Ingots off a wreck in the North Sea



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Ingots on deck

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Eddie counting the Ingots



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Newspaper article