Sun Risen Barge

Sun Risen Barge Information about Living Aboard a Converted Barge. Pitfalls of Liveaboards
Pros of life on the water
Things that go wrong with a Barge
Costs of Barge Life

Sunrisen motor barge nee Jesse Wallwork II
Keel laid 12/23 Launched 03/10/1924 completed as Sunrisen for J Bannatyne & Sons Ltd, Limerick Co. Sold to South Ireland Transport Co Ltd 06/03/31
Sold to T S Townsend & Sons Ltd, Albion Flour Mills 1934.
19/11/37: Loaded with wheat from Avonmouth and bound for Worcester, struck a submerged object and lost all her propeller blades, was towed to Worcester

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07/07/61: Sold to Upper Mersey Nav. Commissioners, Runcorn for £500. Converted too Buoy Tender, including new engine (6cyl Gardner) propellerer repaired, new bottom plates & rivetting at Manchester Dry Docks.
01/1963: renamed Jesse Wallwork II.
03/73: With the closure of the Upper Mersey Nav. to shipping, sold to Manchester Shop Canal Co. c1992 Sole to Salveson Diing Co Ltd, Liverpool. Renamed Salvor. c1995 Salveson Diving Co Ltd into receivership and sold to Mr K Birchall Liverpool.
08/1994 Sold to Samuel Cockroft Co Lt, worsted spinners Bradford. Renamed Sunrisen and re-registered Liverpool
14/10/97 Sold to Mr Sam Bemrose, Somerset and converted into residential boat.
14/09/99 Sold to Linda Hird London.
08/02/2016 Sold to Victoria Shorland, Faversham. Further history added 19.01.2017
I worked on the Jesse Wallwork 11 for about 15 years when it was the MSC’s Diving boat, loved every minute of it, the boat was very handy not just for diving but as a Multipurpose vessel, it had a living cabin and would hold our crew of 5 comfortably, the hold was used for storing our Diving gear and the small cabin in the hold for personal things, the cabin forward was used as a drying room for the Diving suits, you say it has the Original engine, think it was Gardener 6 if my memory is right with two fuel tanks above the gearbox. A bit of history for you, the reason the MSC sold it was because the Engine seized when we were working on a big job changing the Lockgates at Eastham, it was destined for the Scrapman because the company wouldn’t pay for the engine to be refitted, Salveson Diving stepped in, bought the Jesse and repaired the engine, they had it for a few years then sold it to a firm in Scotland, from there I lost track of it for a number of years until I found it again via Ship Spotting. I’m glad its still surviving, apart from the Hull and the Cathead everything has changed.

Sun Risens diving days. So many changes have happened.
05/01/2025

Sun Risens diving days. So many changes have happened.

100 years old this year so she has had a full revamp. Thanks to the help of boat painter Steve all decks and wheelhouse,...
02/10/2024

100 years old this year so she has had a full revamp. Thanks to the help of boat painter Steve all decks and wheelhouse, rails and hatches totally redone and down below revamped too. Amazing to see her all shiny and ready for the next 100 years.

Wheelhouse has had new flooring that's rex proof!
30/01/2024

Wheelhouse has had new flooring that's rex proof!

So chuffed with her new colours, worth the pain of dry dock. Decks next year, but for now it's cosy below with the log b...
15/01/2024

So chuffed with her new colours, worth the pain of dry dock. Decks next year, but for now it's cosy below with the log burner going.

Survived dry Dock. Old stern bumper removed as it was very decayed and a small plate on the starboard bow, 17 days grind...
11/08/2023

Survived dry Dock. Old stern bumper removed as it was very decayed and a small plate on the starboard bow, 17 days grinding off the hull, chased the weather, reground off for 3 days, as the rain made the boat go ginger. Epoxyed the hull and combi coloured the stern panel. New anodes and job done. Thanks to Jamie Lucy, Rich 1, Rich 2, Tony and Les. Could not have done it without you x

High and dry now. Spent the day pressure washing off the hull. Half way so far, can barely lift my arms haha.
06/07/2023

High and dry now. Spent the day pressure washing off the hull. Half way so far, can barely lift my arms haha.

Moved out of White Creek today ready for the dry Dock tomorrow. Then the fun begins, grinding, welding, painting it's to...
03/07/2023

Moved out of White Creek today ready for the dry Dock tomorrow. Then the fun begins, grinding, welding, painting it's totals 1.3 miles of paint using a 4 inch roller!! Let battle commence. Had Jamie help scrap off today, good ol chap.

17/02/2022
04/01/2022

High tide means wellies and crampons lol

Finally had some time to do Sun Risen, started the prep earlier in the year, so had a friend jump on to help before the ...
05/10/2021

Finally had some time to do Sun Risen, started the prep earlier in the year, so had a friend jump on to help before the weather changed. Nearly there with the superstructure, finishing the deck next. Hard work with a streaming cold, but worth it.
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11/04/2021

Time lapse moving back to White Creek. Lots of help on a blustery day. Good to get Sun Risen back there.

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19/03/2021

This how you turn a barge on the tide ironwharf boatyard style.

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