Global InformationMV Gardyloo information
 Gardyloo in Leith Docks
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd., Port Glasgow |
| Yard number | 471 |
| Launched | 4 February 1976 |
| Commissioned | 28 August 1976 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7427180 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 85.88 m (281.8 ft) LOA |
| Beam | 14.23 m (46.7 ft) |
| Depth | 4.71 m (15.5 ft) |
| Installed power | 1,898 brake horsepower (1,415 kW) 16-cylinder diesel engine by Mirrlees Blackstone |
| Propulsion | single-screw |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
MV Gardyloo was a specially designed sewage dumping vessel that operated from Leith between 1978 and 1998.[1][2] The ship's name is an 18th-century word derived from the French "gardez l’eau" ("mind the water"), used in Edinburgh to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below.[3] Prior to 1978, the city of Edinburgh's waste was discharged into the Forth from a series of eight outlets along the coastline, where it often washed back up on beaches and rocks.[1]
- ^ a b "How sewage boat MV Gardyloo became a tourist favourite". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ James Davidson (7 December 2012). Scots And The Sea: A Nation's Lifeblood. Mainstream Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-78057-768-5. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "gardyloo - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. 20 October 2021.