Ben Woollacott (ship)

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 in 2011. Ben came from a family of Thames watermen that had worked on the river for six generations.[2]

Ben Woollacott
Ben Woollacott moored a short distance upstream from the Woolwich Ferry termini, October 2019
History
England
Name: Ben Woollacott
Port of registry: London, United Kingdom.
Builder: Remontowa, Gdańsk
Launched: 2018
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type: Passenger ship/Ro-Ro Cargo[1]
Length: 60m[1]
Beam: 19m[1]

The new ferry arrived in London on 15 November 2018.[3] It has an automatic docking system to hold the ferry in place during loading.[3]

References
  1. "BEN WOOLLACOTT, Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo - Details and current position - IMO 9822011 MMSI 232017796 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. VesselFinder Ltd. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. "Drowned deckhand given ferry name honour". BBC News. BBC. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. "Brand new Woolwich Ferry Ben Woollacott arrives in London for the first time to undertake docking trials at North Woolwich". Newsflare. Newsflare Limite. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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