Post War Activities
RB found his niche in cargo recovery, which had been the preserve of the Italian Company SORIMA before the war. Treasury figures show that over four years in the 1950s they contributed £187,000 to the Exchequer as a result of this work. The new recovery vessels Twyford and Droxford were delivered in the 1950s. The cost of the Droxford was £406,000, the Treasury contributed £25,000. They recovered 56,000 tons of non-ferrous metals from depths down to 300 meters, working worldwide.
In the sixties Risdon Beazley had co-operated with Ulrich Harms of Hamburg. A notable joint operation was to salvage Isambard Kingdom Brunel's ship SS Great Britain from the Falkland Islands and redeliver it to Bristol.
Beazley sold his interests to Ulrich Harms between 1969 and 1971. In 1972 Harms sold the companies to Smit Tak of Rotterdam. Initially Risdon Beazley Marine Ltd. expanded with the purchase of the floating cranes Brunel and Telford, plus the 5,000 BHP Seaford and pontoons.
By the late 1970s, the fleet was run down, and the company closed in 1981.
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