Ben Woollacott moored a short distance upstream from the Woolwich Ferry termini, October 2019
History
United Kingdom
Name
Ben Woollacott
Port of registry
London, United Kingdom.
Builder
Remontowa, Gdańsk
Launched
2018
Identification
IMO number: 9822011
MMSI number: 232017796
Callsign:MDTW8[1]
General characteristics
Type
Passenger ship/Ro-Ro Cargo[1]
Tonnage
1,750 GT[1]
Length
60m[1]
Beam
19m[1]
Ben Woollacott is the name of a ship built by Remontowa to serve as part of the Woolwich Ferry service. The ship is named after a teenage deckhand who drowned in an accident while untying mooring ropes of the ferry Ernest Bevin in 2011. Ben came from a family of Thames watermen that had worked on the river for six generations.[2][3]
The new ferry arrived in London on 15 November 2018.[4] It has an automatic docking system to hold the ferry in place during loading.[4] The vessel operates alongside sister ship Dame Vera Lynn. Both have suffered from numerous technical issues resulting in closures and service reductions, with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan apologising in November 2019 and stating the new ferries "aren't good enough".[5][6]
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^"Ben Woollacott Ferry death report critical of practices". BBC News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^"Drowned deckhand given ferry name honour". BBC News. BBC. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ ab"Brand new Woolwich Ferry Ben Woollacott arrives in London for the first time to undertake docking trials at North Woolwich". Newsflare. Newsflare Limited. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^"Sadiq Khan apologises after being accused of 'wasting' £20m on new Woolwich ferries". LBC. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^Chamberlain, Darryl (16 February 2023). "'Shoddy' Woolwich Ferry closed for two weeks for more upgrade works". 853. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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