R W Davis & Son Ltd

Name: R W Davis & Son Ltd
Address: Junction Dry Dock, Saul, GL27LA, GB
Telephone: 01452 740233

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R W Davis are a long established traditional boat building company based at Saul in Gloucestershire

01/10/2025

Another addition to our commercial fleet, the water injection dredger 'Seaka' is currently in our dry dock for routine maintenance and hull coating. We expect her to be ready for work by next month.

30/04/2025

Our recently refurbished Hopper Barge D11 being pushed to Gloucester by the tug 'Eva' to join her sister ship D21. Gloucester Docks are currently being dredged by Bullo Ltd, Marine Contractors and each of these hoppers will carry up to 200 tonnes of excavated mud.

25/04/2025

Former oil tanker, "Carbolate" built in1911 by Cox and Co, Falmouth. Now renamed "Ribchic Piranha" she is being refitted as a boutique cafe/bistro in Gloucester docks and currently in our dry dock for survey and routine maintenance.

19/02/2025

We've just completed D21 (shown arriving at our dry dock on an earlier post) and she's now fit and ready for action in Gloucester Docks. We're now starting work on her sister ship who's a little older but still in good shape.

12/12/2024

Today we brought one of our hoppers out of retirement ready to help out with the dredging in the docks where her sister ship has been working since early November. These vessels are 90ft x 20ft and carry around 200 tonnes each. Photos show our towing vessel 'Dorothy' bringing her around to the dry dock for a facelift.

24/10/2024

'Saultrader' a 70ft barge designed and built by R W Davis in 1989 is for sale, she is currently lying in France near Toulouse. This boat is the star of several books written about cruising continental waterways by Keith Harris. Nearly all of our barges have crossed the channel and stayed over there. The sale is being handled by Nationwide Boat Sales.

20/06/2024

Last week's salvage work. The Freeman cruiser was at Bredon and had gone up with the floods and then back down onto her own mooring post. We had to remove the post and patch up the damage before righting her and pumping the water out.
The Atlanta 24 was sunk outside the Hop pole hotel in Tewkesbury. We winched her up, pumped her out and then towed the pair of them to our premises with the Dorothy.

05/06/2024

We've currently got this beauty in drydock for routine maintenance. Based in Swansea the Dorothy Gay has been a regular visitor to us over the last 15 years.

09/01/2024

The 'Dorothy' hard at work again today. The salvage and towage of the Looe lugger 'White Heather' which had sunk in Gloucester docks.

06/10/2023

Congratulations to Craig Glassonbury, manager at R W Davis & Son who has recently been elected to the membership of the Yacht Designers and Surveyors Association and will now be carrying out marine surveys. With over 35 years in the boat building industry, Craig certainly knows what to look out for on both sea-going and inland craft.

16/06/2023

The vessel salvaged yesterday being towed by the Dorothy and now ashore at our yard.

15/06/2023

The 'Dorothy' hard at work again today, raising a boat on the river Avon.

Address

Junction Dry Dock
Saul
GL27LA

Telephone

01452 740233

Website

http://www.rwdavis.co.uk/

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